by Amy Brandt | Jul 11, 2025 | News, Profiles, The Latest
July 18 marks the end of an era: Gillian Murphy, American Ballet Theatre’s longest-standing current dancer, will give her final performance in Swan Lake after a 29-year career. (She’s been a principal dancer there since 2002.) Known for her bold technical strength,...
by Marina Harss | Jul 1, 2025 | Digital Cover Star
To get to know Leá Fleytoux a little bit better, we asked her a series of quickfire questions. Read on to hear more about the ABT soloist’s pre-performance routine, go-to snack, favorite music, and more. What is your favorite step or part of class? I’d say...
by Marina Harss | Jul 1, 2025 | Digital Cover Star, Pointe+
Dance careers don’t normally happen in a continuous line from obscurity to stardom. More often, they progress in fits and starts, usually marked by particular roles or performances, and by signals given and received in ballet studios away from the eyes of the...
by Alice Courtright | Oct 22, 2024 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
In 2021, Thomas Forster, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, came out with his first children’s book, My Daddy Can Fly! At the story’s conclusion, he added acknowledgments to his family, sharing a photo of himself as a boy with his younger sister Louise at...
by Caroline Tonks | Sep 18, 2024 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+
In late August and early September, the State Ballet of Georgia toured its full-length production of Swan Lake to the London Coliseum. Led by artistic director Nina Ananiashvili, a former Bolshoi and American Ballet Theatre principal, the 175-year-old company was...
by Caedra Scott-Flaherty | Aug 12, 2024 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
Aleisha Walker stands at the center of the dance studio in a gray leotard and shorts, her curly brown hair pulled back in a low bun. She listens deeply to the music—eyes closed, fingers tapping out the counts, nodding—before opening into an exquisite fan kick on...
by Avichai Scher | Jul 3, 2024 | Career, Digital Cover Star, Profiles
To get to know Jake Roxander, our July/August digital cover star, a little bit better, we asked him a series of quickfire questions. Read on to hear more about the American Ballet Theatre soloist’s dream roles, preshow routine, typical day off, and more. What’s your...
by Avichai Scher | Jul 2, 2024 | Digital Cover Star, Pointe+
In May of 2022, American Ballet Theatre director of repertoire Carlos Lopez was preparing Alexei Ratmansky’s Of Love and Rage. On the day Ratmansky joined rehearsal, Lopez was uneasy because he had to put in a new apprentice, Jake Roxander. “I said, ‘I’m sorry,...
