by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 2, 2018 | Career, Profiles
In 2016, choreographer Jeremy McQueen founded the Black Iris Project with the aim of bringing together predominantly minority dancers each summer to create works that celebrate diversity and black history. This year, he’s mixing it up. In honor of South African...
by Amy Brandt | Jul 2, 2018 | News, Profiles, Trending
There aren’t many dancers who’ve had as varied a post-stage career as Sascha Radetsky. Since retiring in 2014, the former American Ballet Theatre soloist and Center Stage star has reprised his role as Charlie in Center Stage: On Pointe; acted in two...
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...
