by Suzannah Friscia | Apr 21, 2016 | Company Life
If you’re missing Teen Vogue’s “Strictly Ballet” web series, and the behind-the-scenes access it offered, you’ll love the new video they released last week—this time peeking into a rehearsal of the ABT Studio Company. The promising...
by Nancy Wozny | Nov 23, 2015 | Training
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. When the San Francisco Ballet School trainees flew to Texas for a week of classes and performances with Houston Ballet II last year, HBII dancer Mackenzie Richter felt the need to step...
by Candice Thompson | Feb 1, 2015 | Features, Inside PT, Profiles
This is Pointe’s February/March 2015 Cover Story. On a rainy October morning, Boston Ballet’s Dusty Button sails through a pas de cinq rehearsal for Swan Lake. The variation is long and thankless, full of uncomfortable jump sequences and tricky...
by Susan Chitwood | Feb 1, 2007 | Company Life, Features
In her senior year of high school, Michelle Thompson, a student at the San Francisco Ballet School, went on “tons of auditions,” but soon found she needed to widen her search; after only one girl was chosen from her class of 25 to join SFB, Thompson...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Some clothes just look better when they’re in motion. And what motion is more beautiful than that of a ballet dancer? Fashion designer Christian Siriano (of “Project Runway” fame) recently tapped three ABT Studio Company dancers to show off his...
