This is Pointe’s April/May 2018 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. If you are a dance lover in South Korea, EunWon Lee is a household name. The delicate ballerina and former principal at the Korean National Ballet danced every major classical role to critical acclaim, […]
Valentine’s Day makes February the perfect month for ballet companies to perform Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s famous tale of star-crossed lovers. A few companies presented their versions earlier this month and many are on their way in the next few weeks. We rounded up eight companies including New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The […]
If you’ll be in the Chicago area next month, the historic Auditorium Theatre is putting together a one-night-only performance you don’t want to miss. The event is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the theater’s reopening in 1967, which featured a performance of George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream by former New York City […]
When American Ballet Theatre soloist Calvin Royal III and New York City Ballet soloist Unity Phelan burst into the opening diagonal of George Balanchine’s Agon on Monday, they had reason to be nervous. Sitting in the downstage corner of Columbia University’s Miller Theater—precisely where they’d need to spot their pencil turns—was Arthur Mitchell, the Dance […]
Every four years, dancers from around the world gather in Jackson, Mississippi to compete for medals, cash prizes, scholarships and company contracts as part of the USA International Ballet Competition. While every competition boasts famous former competitors, the USA IBC’s impressive list includes Isaac Hernandez, Sarah Lamb, Misa Kuranaga, Nina Ananiashvili, Brooklyn Mack, Daniil Simkin […]
Hollywood may have the Oscars, but ballet has the Benois de la Danse. The glamorous awards ceremony, held each year at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, recognizes the year’s best dancers and choreographers around the globe. The 2017 nominees were announced yesterday, and they include some of our favorite dancers, including two Pointe cover stars! Two principal […]
Julie Kent makes her mark on The Washington Ballet’s Giselle, and more. The Washington Ballet performs Giselle, March 1–5. Though it’s not a premiere, former American Ballet Theatre star Julie Kent now helms the company, and Giselle was one of her signature roles with ABT. It’s her first season as artistic director, and she’ll be staging […]
The Columbia Classical Ballet’s studios were submerged almost to the roof. Photo via Facebook. The catastrophic flooding that occurred in Columbia, South Carolina last week has destroyed one of the city’s top dance institutions, The Columbia Classical Ballet and its affiliated Pavlovich Dance School. According to reports by NPR and CNN, the massive deluge […]