When Melissa Hough shifted her focus from her competition studio to the demanding Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC, she felt she needed more than regular classes to catch up. Newly committed to pursuing a ballet career, she sought private lessons outside of the school, working on fixing bad habits, like her tendency to […]
A few years ago, Isabella Boylston told Pointe there’s an elite club at American Ballet Theatre: “The Princesses.” It’s corps member Blaine Hoven’s nickname for the dancers like David Hallberg and Gillian Murphy who’ve been awarded a prestigious Princess Grace Award. This year’s “Princesses” have just been announced, and it’s quite an impressive group. ABT’s […]
Roberto Bolle’s gala “Roberto Bolle and Friends” had its annual performance today, in Verona, Italy. The performance featured an outstanding cast of dancers, including American Ballet Theatre’s Hee Seo, Cory Stearns, Daniil Simkin and Julie Kent, Boston Ballet principal Eris Nezha, Stuttgart Ballet principals Alicia Amatriain and Jason Reilly, and ABT corps member, Skylar Brandt. […]
Have you ever wondered what happened to all those talented dancers from previous seasons of the Dance212 web series? Well, you’re in luck. Season 7, “Where Are They Now?” steps back into the lives of several Dance212 alums. Some are now studying at prestigious colleges, while others, like American Ballet Theatre dancer Skylar Brandt, have […]
The coronavirus pandemic has not slowed down the Mariinsky Ballet’s Maria Khoreva. Although Russia’s Mariinsky Theater was closed in 2020 from March until August, the 20-year-old first soloist used the time in quarantine to her advantage. She wrote a newly published book titled Teach Me Ballet, and won Best Female Dancer on Russia’s hit TV […]
Earlier this week, San Francisco Ballet released a statement that Mikhailovsky Ballet first soloist Julian MacKay will be joining the company as a principal dancer for its 2021 season. This news follows SFB’s announcement from April noting several company promotions, including three dancers to the rank of principal; Wona Park and Max Cauthorn were promoted […]
If you keep a close eye on Instagram, you’ll have noticed a long list of American Ballet Theatre dancers posting shots wearing unusual leotards accompanied by the hashtag “#momtard.” And if your sleuthing skills are particularly superior, you’ll have traced them back to corps de ballet dancer April Giangeruso, who has been sporting brightly flowered […]