At 5′ 4″, New York City Ballet corps member Lauren Lovette could be easily overlooked at the end of a long line of corps women. Once she begins to dance, however, she captures your attention. Her head is held high atop an eloquent neck. Her body is a textbook example of classical proportions with its […]
Audiences at New York City Ballet could not help noticing Taylor Stanley when he joined the corps last year. Ruggedly handsome and classically proportioned, his supple authority was clear as soon as he began to dance. He made every lift seem deceptively easy and his leaps possessed an airy, unfailingly musical clarity. Stanley watchers weren’t […]
Few of her colleagues in New York City Ballet could have been surprised when they learned that Ashly Isaacs was one of the four corps members ballet master in chief Peter Martins had cast in his latest work, Mes Oiseaux. Lauren Lovette, Claire Kretzschmar, Taylor Stanley and Isaacs were not only its entire cast, but […]
What began as a routine company class a few years ago for Miami City Ballet’s Sara Esty turned into anything but when a principal ballerina landed badly from a tour jeté. Then in the corps de ballet, Esty felt all eyes turn to her as people realized that she—the dancer’s understudy—would now be starring in […]
Wondering about what your ideal post-dance dinner should be? Curious about which cross-training strategies are best for your body? Head to New York City Ballet’s Dance Wellness Workshop tomorrow at the company’s rehearsal studios in New York. From 10 am to 6 pm, the company’s dancers and wellness team will present a series of […]
Choosing the right preprofessional program means thinking about the dancer you want to be. Stephanie Chrosniak, a member of New York City Ballet’s corps, trained at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet for 12 years. During her early years at the school, she focused on founder Marcia Dale Weary’s hybrid of the Vaganova syllabus and American ideas. […]
When Miami City Ballet soloist Allynne Noelle dances the “tall girl” in Balanchine’s “Rubies” from Jewels, her long, supple legs and natural vivacity punctuate the jazzy choreography. Her sheer enjoyment of the movement gives the solo an all-American dash of wholesome sex appeal. “I love ‘Rubies,’ ” she says. “I think the solo girl’s personality […]
The New York City Ballet spent its winter season tackling Big Story Ballets: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. So when I entered the David H. Koch theater last night (right before Sarah Jessica Parker, no less!) for the company’s spring gala, I was anticipating–OK, eagerly anticipating–a return to balletic abstraction, to sleek […]