Yesterday, Dance Magazine released its much-awaited, annual “25 to Watch” list. With 2020 just around the corner, now’s the perfect time to get to know these breakout dancers, choreographers and companies (see the full list here). Spanning dance genres, the diverse list includes eight ballet dancers. And though we admit we’re a bit biased, we […]
New York City Ballet principal Lauren Lovette tries hard to focus on wellness despite her busy schedule. Her Hydro Flask water bottle—a gift from colleague Indiana Woodward—is emblazoned with the words “Be Here Now,” a daily reminder to stay present. Lovette also keeps two doTERRA essential oils in her bag, and starts each day with […]
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. Nashville Ballet is the First U.S. Company to Perform Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire makes its U.S. company premiere at Nashville Ballet November 1-3. This award-winning, full-length adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ classic play […]
Watching Adelaide Clauss dance intoxicates the senses, a visual equivalent of a flower’s perfume. This past spring, while performing Swan Lake‘s Act II pas de deux at a benefit in her hometown of Buffalo, New York, her melding of grace and technique revealed her to be an artist of great promise. Her delicately positioned arms […]
Working in corporate America can be a grind, so, for many, vacation is a welcome opportunity to relax and unwind. But for Jane Collier, it’s a chance to ramp up her ballet training. Though she’s based in Chicago, where she works in global sourcing for Walgreens Boots Alliance, over the last several years she’s attended […]
For the past 10 years, English National Ballet’s annual Emerging Dancer Awards have offered a unique opportunity for lower–ranking company members to step into the spotlight. This year’s competition, held on May 7 at London’s historic Sadler’s Wells Theatre, features six finalists selected by their peers. If a quick trip to London’s not in the […]
Inside the sky-lit Studio 1 at Staatsballett Berlin, Frank Andersen is just like a kid in a candy store as he leads an Act I rehearsal for August Bournonville’s La Sylphide. Passing gleefully from dancer to dancer, he assigns each with a specific story to tell. “Whatever you do,” he tells Alicia Ruben, a Berlin-born […]
In Boston Ballet’s production of La Sylphide last spring, María Álvarez just about stole the show as Madge. With a conniving gleam in her eye and a grim, angular hitch in her step, she exuded a dramatic, malevolent energy and taut physicality that made the role totally her own. She credits renowned Royal Danish Ballet […]