This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. While the 20th century brought a number of high-profile dancing directors, from Rudolf Nureyev in Paris to Mikhail Baryshnikov at American Ballet Theatre, most today don’t juggle the highly demanding tasks of simultaneously performing and managing a company. Tamara Rojo is one prominent […]
The prestigious Prix de Lausanne competition wrapped up this weekend, and scholarship winners have been announced—including Precious Adams, an American dancer who’s been studying at the Bolshoi Academy in Moscow. Here’s the full list: Haruo Niyama, Japan Hakucho Ballet Academy Sae Maeda, Japan Mayumi Kinouchi Ballet Studio Precious Adams, USA Bolshoi Ballet Academy David Fernando […]
This week, the Kennedy Center presents Reframing the Narrative, a huge event centered on the abundance of Blacks in ballet and their contributions to the art both on and off the stage. Over the last year and a half, Theresa Ruth Howard, founder of Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet, and Denise Saunders Thompson, president and […]