This is Pointe‘s Spring 2020 cover story. Click here to purchase this issue. In a brightly lit studio high above the busy Manhattan streets, Roman Mejia rehearses George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante. Though just 20, the New York City Ballet corps dancer exudes an easy confidence. Practicing a tricky sequence of triple pirouettes into double […]
Yesterday The Times reported that Royal Ballet artist in residence Liam Scarlett has been suspended from the company since last August, following allegations of inappropriate behavior with students. The company brought in the employment firm Linda Harvey Associates to conduct an independent investigation, which is still underway. No findings have yet been made against Scarlett. […]
After a year and a half of tumult at New York City Ballet, the company is finally settling into a groove under new artistic director Jonathan Stafford and associate artistic director Wendy Whelan, who lead their first full season starting this fall. Abi Stafford and members of NYCB in George Balanchine’s Union Jack. Paul Kolnik, […]
New York City Ballet announced on Facebook earlier this week that current Miami City Ballet principal Jovani Furlan will be joining the company as a soloist this fall. Furlan, a native of Joinville, Brazil, left Brazil’s Bolshoi Theater School in 2011 to train at the MCB School; he joined the company as an apprentice in […]
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Houston Ballet’s New Full Length Story Ballet, “Sylvia,” Has Its World Premiere This week, Houston Ballet is putting its stamp on an old classic with the premiere of a brand-new story ballet. Artistic director Stanton Welch‘s Sylvia makes its debut February 21–March […]
On October 13, the evening before the close of New York City Ballet’s fall season and longtime principal Joaquin De Luz‘s retirement performance, Jonathan Stafford, the leader of the company’s interim artistic team, promoted seven company dancers: six men and one woman. In addition to De Luz, NYCB lost three other principal men this fall. […]
Imagine The Oscars, but for dance. Sound too good to be true? The New York Dance & Performance Awards, commonly known as The Bessies, are about as close as the dance world gets to award show glamour. October 8 marked the 2018 Bessies, the one night of the year when members of the New York […]
Former School of American Ballet student Alexandra Waterbury, 19, is suing New York City Ballet and her ex-boyfriend, former principal dancer Chase Finlay. Finlay resigned suddenly last week , and principals Amar Ramasar and Zachary Catazaro were put on unpaid leave for the remainder of 2018 because of “inappropriate communications” of a “personal nature.” Waterbury’s […]