When Boston Ballet resident choreographer Jorma Elo selected Corina Gill to perform alongside three of the company’s best-known dancers—Kathleen Breen Combes, Whitney Jensen and Lia Cirio—in his 2012 premiere Sharper Side of Dark, she did not shy away from the challenge. Within Elo’s dark, intriguingly beautiful universe, Gill created a magnetism all her own. Whether […]
Have a question? Click here to send it to Suzanne Farrell Ballet dancer Amy Brandt. My dance studio has very slippery floors. What are some ways to keep my pointe shoes from slipping (other than using rosin)? —Emma A slippery floor is every ballet dancer’s nightmare, especially when rosin isn’t an option. One alternative is […]
It’s the American dream, ballet-style: A small-town girl works hard, turns heads in the big city and wins her way to the top of a world-class company. Teresa Reichlen is one such story: Before joining New York City Ballet, she studied at The Russell School of Ballet in Chantilly, VA. “It’s nice to be a […]
When a dancer fell flat on the floor during her Esmeralda solo at Youth America Grand Prix finals one year, it cost her a few points, recalls judge Phillip Broomhead. But she compounded it by how she handled the mishap. Tears welled up. She fell again in the next section of pirouettes and began visibly […]
Misa Kuranaga felt completely in control when she performed the Black Swan pas de deux four years ago in the first round of the USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi. “It was as if there was a bubble around me and nothing could go wrong,” she says. Although the Boston Ballet dancer won a […]
Scarlett Comes Stateside Liam Scarlett makes his U.S. choreographic debut at Miami City Ballet. Up-and-coming choreographer Liam Scarlett is quickly becoming a household name across the pond. The deeply musical ballets he has made for The Royal, where he’s also a member of the corps de ballet, have earned raves from the London press. Thanks […]
Boston Ballet’s fall program features the return of William Forsythe’s The Second Detail, which the company danced for the first time last year. Pointe‘s e-news talked with soloist Whitney Jensen about tackling the popular ballet. Does the Forsythe style come naturally to you? I’ve done a lot of contemporary work, but The Second Detail […]
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? In addition to the seven performances listed below, John Neumeier’s Anna Karenina makes its North American premiere at National Ballet of Canada November 10-18, and Hungarian National Ballet makes its U.S. debut with three performances at Lincoln Center’s Koch Theater November 7-11. James Whiteside Stars in New […]