Perhaps you remember Pennsylvania Ballet’s Alexander Peters from his Pointe magazine profile in our April/May 2013 issue. Or maybe you know him as one of your favorite corps de ballet dancers—and one of our readers’ choice nominees for corps members who deserve to be promoted right away. It looks like Roy Kaiser, PA Ballet’s artistic […]
There’s a warm and fuzzy feeling when dancers you’ve been following for years finally make it to the top. Of course, just making it into a company is a remarkable accomplishment and something to be proud of. But if there’s one thing successful dancers have in common, it’s that they never settle. And the corps […]
If you’re a professional dancer or early in your teaching career, you may be wondering how to get into guest teaching—especially during breaks throughout the year and in the summer when companies are off and schools are in summer intensive mode. But where do you start? There’s no handbook, so dancers usually have to figure […]
History’s rare gems often languish in the shadows of what might have been, and ballet is no exception. Those credited with shaping the artform—usually choreographers, principal dancers and impresarios—become legends, while corps de ballet members mostly go unrecognized. In 1890, a young dancer named Maria Skorsiuk entered the Imperial Russian Ballet. With her allure, stage […]
Updated 01/06/2022 This month, English National Ballet artistic director and lead principal Tamara Rojo will add another title to her growing list of credentials: choreographer. For her choreographic debut, Rojo decided to revisit a classic from the ballet canon, Marius Petipa’s Raymonda, a work rarely presented in its entirety (often only the third act is […]
The corps de ballet make up the backbone of every company. In our Fall 2020 issue, we highlighted 10 ensemble standouts to keep your eye on. Click on their names to learn more! Dara Holmes, Joffrey Ballet Dara Holmes and Edson Barbosa in Myles Thatcher’s Body of Your Dreams Cheryl Mann, Courtesy Joffrey Ballet Wanyue […]
Yesterday, Dance Magazine released its much-awaited, annual “25 to Watch” list. With 2020 just around the corner, now’s the perfect time to get to know these breakout dancers, choreographers and companies (see the full list here). Spanning dance genres, the diverse list includes eight ballet dancers. And though we admit we’re a bit biased, we […]