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Movements

–American Ballet Theatre dancer Cory Stearns was promoted to soloist at the beginning of January, three years after becoming a member of ABT’s corps de ballet.   –Manuel Legris will direct the Vienna State Opera’s ballet beginning in 2010, upon retiring as an étoile with the Paris Opéra Ballet. In his new position, Legris will […]

Tough Tryout

For a performing artist, every moment onstage is a test, but once a year the Paris Opera Ballet takes the idea of assessment to the extreme. Originally designed as an obligatory annual exam, the Concours (literally “contest” in English) has since evolved into a voluntary, if highly encouraged, event. Since 1860, the dancers of the […]

Intimate Stories

John Neumeier sits backstage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City. His company, Hamburg Ballet, has just arrived from Germany for a four-night run of his 2003 ballet Death in Venice, and everyone has a case of nerves—including the choreographer. “It was about 24 years ago that I came here for the […]

Summer Stories

Summer intensive study has become an integral part of training for most preprofessional dancers. Usually, it’s the chance to focus on and improve technique and even make new friends. Though unfamiliar styles of instruction and technique may be frustrating and intimidating at first, and younger students may get homesick, many use the summer to explore […]

French Masters Workshop

The French style of ballet has always been one of my favorites. I love that elongated line, that precision, that elegance. Francois Perron, a graduate of the Paris Opera Ballet School, recently opened the French Academie of Ballet in New York City, and this month he’s offering a French Masters’ Workshop to give students a […]

Summer Intensive Diary: Joffrey Academy

This summer, Pointe is taking a peek inside the Joffrey Ballet’s International Summer Intensive with guest blogs from dancer Rachel Davis of New Jersey.   Last week, my level had Alexi Kremnev for the first four days of ballet class. His is, most likely, one of my favorite classes I’ve ever experienced. Although my level […]

The Great Gillot

After making a splash in Chicago and DC, Paris Opéra Ballet has set up camp in New York’s Lincoln Center for the next two weekends. Tonight, étoile Marie-Agnès Gillot performs the lead in Maurice Béjart’s Bolero. In Pointe‘s April/May 2010 issue, we asked Gillot what skill she would most like to have. Her response?   […]

More French Fun

The Paris Opéra Ballet’s American tour might be over, but they haven’t completely abandoned us. On Sunday, August 5, movie theaters across the country will be showing POB’s La Bayadère. This is no ordinary performance; it’s Pointe cover girl Ludmila Pagliero‘s breakout as Gamzatti. After a streak of last-minute injuries, Pagliero stepped into the role […]