The 12th International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize will take place in Toronto on November 15. The event, which honors Bruhn’s danseur noble legacy, is a pretty accurate predictor of up-and-coming talent. Last year’s winners included NBoC second soloist Hannah Fischer, who danced as a first-cast lead in Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale during […]
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. It’s a truth often repeated about ballet that it is an art with a strong oral tradition, handed down from generation to generation. Aspiring dancers learn the same steps that their teachers learned before them and perfect the same skills: turnout, pointework, épaulement, […]
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2015 issue of Pointe. Here are 10 corps de ballet dancers to keep an eye on. Elizabeth Wallace, Pennsylvania Ballet Wallace in Nutcracker. Photo by Alexander Iziliaev, Courtesy Pennsylvania Ballet At 5′ 9″, Elizabeth Wallace naturally stands out in a group. But in addition to stem-like limbs, it’s […]
American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School has come a long way in the short decade since it was founded. So far, in fact, that it’s part of a select group of schools invited to perform at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow as part of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy’s celebration of its 240th anniversary. Last […]