Mira Nadon is only 20, but she has quickly become one of New York City Ballet’s most exciting up-and-coming dancers. Quiet and unassuming in the studio, the NYCB corps member boldly comes to life onstage. She’s taken on leading roles in ballets by George Balanchine, Justin Peck and Sidra Bell, and recently made her debut at […]
June 10, 2021, will not only go down as a monumental date in Sae Eun Park’s career, but in the Paris Opéra Ballet’s 352-year history. Following her debut as Juliet in Rudolf Nureyev’s Romeo and Juliet, Alexander Neef, general director of the Paris Opéra, and Aurélie Dupont, the ballet company’s artistic director, walked onstage to […]
When José Pablo Castro Cuevas got scouted by The Joffrey Ballet at Youth America Grand Prix Mexico back in 2015, he’d never even heard of the company—let alone its official school and training program, the Joffrey Academy of Dance. Now in his second year as a full-fledged member of the company, Castro Cuevas says with […]
In October, New York City Ballet announced that former Houston Ballet principal Chun Wai Chan would be joining the company as a soloist for the 2021–22 season. Born and trained in Guangzhou, China, Chan moved to the U.S. to join Houston Ballet II in 2010, joining the main company’s corps de ballet in 2012. With […]
We revisited some of Pointe‘s past cover stars for their take on how life—and ballet—has changed. Patricia Delgado, August/September 2010 Then: Principal dancer, Miami City Ballet Now: Part-time Juilliard faculty, répétiteur, freelance dancer and Broadway producer On being a Pointe cover star: “Being a homegrown Miami girl, appearing on the cover was a really big deal. […]
At the pool: Dores André has been swimming longer than she’s been dancing. Even today, it’s the San Francisco Ballet principal’s preferred workout. “I go if I’m not too busy during the season and I feel like I need to get my stamina up,” she says. “It’s a routine and a meditation. Just being in […]
For decades the name Alicia Alonso has been virtually synonymous with Ballet Nacional de Cuba, the company she co-founded in Havana in 1948. Alonso died on October 17, just shy of what would have been her 99th birthday. In recent years, she had stepped back from day-to-day decision-making in the company. As if preparing for […]
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 […]