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This story originally appeared in the April/May 2016 issue of Pointe. In the Prologue to Christopher Wheeldon’s recent ballet The Winter’s Tale, two boys, princely playmates who one day will become kings, are joined onstage by two women veiled in black. They stand, one beside each child, mysterious, disquieting. They hint at the power that […]

  Photos by Quinn Wharton   During summer layoff, dancers escape the day-to-day routine of company life. Some use the free time to embark on their own ballet adventures. In June, Tiit Helimets, a principal with San Francisco Ballet, gathered a group of colleagues and took them on tour to his home country of Estonia. […]