Our favorite dancers might not be in the midst of a performance season, but that hasn’t stopped them from popping up on stages across the U.S. From the Tiler Peck-curated BalletNow in Los Angeles, to Isabella Boylston’s upcoming Ballet Sun Valley festival in Idaho, the summer isn’t slowing the ballet world down. The biggest showcase […]
With most of American Ballet Theatre’s classical repertoire under her belt, principal Isabella Boylston is ready for a new challenge, specifically, launching Ballet Sun Valley, a dance festival with educational outreach in her hometown of Sun Valley, Idaho. “I’m in a place in my career where I can expend a little more creative energy on […]
Following principal dancer Diana Vishneva‘s final bow with American Ballet Theatre and the news that principal Veronika Part‘s contract would not be renewed for another season, we were anxiously awaiting ABT’s promotions for the 2017-2018 season. Ending our suspense, ABT’s artistic director Kevin McKenzie officially announced that there would be three new female principals—Sarah Lane, […]
Ballet-inspired clothing is nothing new, and the dance and fashion worlds have always been in conversation with each other. Think of how many prominent choreographers have enlisted fashion designers to create costumes for their work, or how ballet flats have become a wardrobe staple. Lara Tong, Mimi Staker, Olivia Boisson, Unity Phelan and Rachel Hutsell […]
After a successful return to the stage with the Australian Ballet, not to mention his debut as Franz in Coppélia, international star David Hallberg is officially back with one of his two home companies. He will join American Ballet Theatre for its Spring 2017 season. No word yet regarding when he’ll return to the Bolshoi Ballet. In […]
Miami City Ballet’s National Tour Artists of Miami City Ballet in Justin Peck’s Heatscape. Photo by Gene Schiavone, Courtesy Miami City Ballet. In late April at the Harris Theater, Chicagoans found Miami City Ballet firing on all cylinders, following the company’s Lincoln Center debut and an engagement at Northrop in Minneapolis. Stage-filling Balanchine classics like […]
Lately, it seems like mentorship is having something of a moment: Many pro dancers are coming up with creative ways to give back to the dance community and act as a resource for young students striving to reach the top. Take Kathryn Morgan, who started her own blog and YouTube channel to pull back the […]
Earlier this year, former American Ballet Theatre principal Cynthia Harvey became the new artistic director of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. Now, she’s made her first faculty appointments. The faculty for the 2016-17 school year (Harvey’s first season in her new role) was announced yesterday, and the lineup is pretty stellar. Here are a few […]
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