The days of having to choose between college and a ballet career are over. Not only do many dancers join top troupes after earning a degree (see Pennsylvania Ballet principal Lauren Fadeley, Complexions powerhouse Christina Dooling, ABT’s Sarah Smith), but many ballet companies and schools have also teamed up with universities to make it easier […]
This blog could easily turn into a daily feed of fashion-meets-ballet news and nothing else. Don’t worry, I won’t let that happen. But indulge me just once more this week, because I can’t help sharing this photo that David Hallberg just posted of his fashion spread in this month’s Vogue. In a series of decadent […]
This interview first appeared in the April 3 Pointe e-newsletter. To sign up for the newsletter, click here. American Ballet Theatre fans were disappointed when an injury sidelined soloist Misty Copeland at the end of last year’s spring season. But the unexpected downtime allowed Copeland to pursue other projects–including a television commercial for Dr Pepper, […]
London ballet fans, get excited: It was just announced yesterday that Natalia Osipova will join The Royal Ballet. Her first role will be Juliet opposite Carlos Acosta this fall. The only problem? She’s still on contract as a principal with both American Ballet Theatre and the Mikhailovsky Ballet. Although the Mikhailovsky director said she’d be […]
Mark your calendars: There’s some great ballet coming into your life over the next couple of weeks—all of which you can catch from the comfort of your couch. Keep an eye out for these programs: Wendy Whelan: “Restless Creature” The New York City Ballet superstar will preview her new project at the Guggenheim Museum. […]
Channel THIRTEEN’s “NYC-ARTS” program will feature a segment on Alexei Ratmansky tonight at 8 pm—but you can see it here first. Their cameras went into the studio with American Ballet Theatre’s resident choreographer during rehearsals for his new Shostakovich ballet. Hear ABT principals David Hallberg and New York City Ballet principal Sara Mearns talk […]
An American Sampler This June, the third Ballet Across America will bring nine regional ballet companies to the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Highlights of the event’s three programs include the Kennedy Center debut of Richmond Ballet and a performance of Sir Frederick Ashton’s seldom seen Les Patineurs by Sarasota Ballet. Ballet All Over New […]
BRITTANY STONE Boston Ballet Everything about Brittany Stone says “ballerina”: Her fluid port de bras, her lithe frame, her long legs. But until seven years ago she was a bona fide comp kid, performing jazz and tap and having, she insists, “no real ballet technique at all.” When Stone was 13, ABT’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis […]