Each year, the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts invites the country’s most talented high school seniors to Miami for YoungArts Week for master classes, interdisciplinary workshops, performances and more. Out of the 5164 applicants, this year’s 148 finalists were just named, and they include ballet students Jaimi Cullen, Cassandra Trenary and Alexandra Koszeghy. […]
Ever wish you could soar like American Ballet Theatre’s Jose Manuel Carreño? This summer, aspiring professionals can train with the soon-to-retire principal at Carreño Dance Festival in Sarasota, Florida, and can learn a few of his tips and tricks. Partnering with former Sarasota Ballet artistic director Robert de Warren, Carreño has put together a star-studded […]
The Erik Bruhn Prize may be a quirky competition (participating dancers must come from one of the companies that Bruhn was associated with during his lifetime), but it has showcased many top dancers when they were just starting their careers. ABT principals Julie Kent and Michele Wiles, San Francisco Ballet principals Vanessa Zahorian and Gennadi […]
Go Ask Alice Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland arrives at The Royal. In Lewis Carroll’s classic books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, the eternally curious Alice is no shrinking violet—and she won’t be in Christopher Wheeldon’s new Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, either. “Alice is a strong-minded girl in […]
Cuban Panache Comes To DC Ballet Nacional de Cuba returns to the Kennedy Center. By Abi Stafford This May, Ballet Nacional de Cuba will perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, for the first time in 10 years. New York City Ballet principal Abi Stafford, who danced in Havana at the […]
I went to see the Paul Taylor Dance Company on Saturday night. On the program was a piece I’d never seen before, although so many ballet companies perform it: the lovely and amusing Company B. Anyone who has seen the Taylor company perform knows how heavily his choreography is influenced by classical ballet. His […]
I was filming a photo shoot for Pointe the other day, featuring ABT dancers Blaine Hoven, Eric Tamm, Alexandre Hammoudi and Daniil Simkin. Lucky me! They’re all so cute. But that’s not all I took away from that day. While I watched the guys figure out their poses and do them, I was struck by […]
Japanese and American dancers in New York are coming together to put on a benefit concert to raise money for the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund. “Dance for Japan” will showcase Yuriko Kajiya of American Ballet Theatre, Ryoko Kudo of Limon Dance, Maile Okamure of Mark Morris Dance Group, Harumi Terayama of Cedar Lake Contemporary […]