It’s nothing new for athletes to be sponsored by sports brands, but it’s relatively rare for the same opportunity to be extended to professional dancers. Misty Copeland is famously a spokesperson for Under Armour, and her participation in the “I will what I want” campaign helped catapult ballet into a position of visibility. Copeland’s unmistakably […]
If you haven’t seen Christopher Wheeldon’s Tony Award winning musical An American in Paris yet, you better hop to it. The hugely successful Broadway production closes on January 1, 2017 after a nearly two-year long run. Don’t panic if you can’t drop everything and buy a plane ticket to New York, though: The show will […]
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2016 issue of Pointe. New York City Ballet principal dancer Lauren Lovette, a prolific user of Instagram, discovered she had an eager following of aspiring ballerinas while guest teaching at Manhattan Youth Ballet and other summer intensives. “They would come up to me and say, ‘I follow you,’ […]
(Photo by Nathan Sayers) A dancer’s road will never be easy. That’s why it’s helpful to look to someone like Mayara Pineiro, whose success is steeped in gutsiness and perseverance. Although the Pennsylvania Ballet soloist had received some of the best training in the world at the Cuban National Ballet School, at age 17 she […]
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2016 issue of Pointe. Misty Copeland’s myriad triumphs are well known, but the documentary A Ballerina’s Tale takes a slightly different route. It shows the American Ballet Theatre principal at a crucial point in her career, fighting her way from injury back to the stage, while discussing the […]
This is Pointe’s February/March 2016 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. Last September, as one of The Royal Ballet’s coaches walked her through the potion scene from Romeo and Juliet, Francesca Hayward wasted no time marking the steps. Instead of lingering on individual poses, she […]
Photo by Jordan Matter of Dancers Among Us. If you’re strapped for last-minute gift ideas for the bunhead book-nerd in your life, or if you are one yourself (guilty!), take a look at some of the new ballet books published this year. For the Photography Lover: Misty Copeland: Power and Grace, by Richard Corman and […]
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. What left us breathless and wanting more. Carrie Imler & Jonathan Porretta Perfectly matched: Poretta and Imler in Forsythe’s In the middle, somewhat elevated. Photo by Angela Sterling, Courtesy Pacific Northwest Ballet. Whenever Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancers Carrie Imler and Jonathan Porretta […]