by Pointe Magazine | Aug 23, 2023 | Career, Higher Ed, Pointe+, Training
Last month, we hosted our first Pointe Live! Classes and Conversations event in New York City. International guest artist and former American Ballet Theatre principal Sarah Lane and Alonzo King LINES Ballet dancer Adji Cissoko taught a series of inspiring master...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jul 25, 2023 | News, The Latest, Training
We’re still on cloud nine from our first-ever Pointe Live! Classes and Conversations event. On Saturday, July 22, nearly 70 students from around the country joined us at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center in New York City for a session packed with dancing and...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jul 21, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
This summer, Vail Dance Festival celebrates its 35th year of performances and residencies. Running July 28 through August 7, the 2023 festival features an exciting lineup of performing artists and includes no fewer than 15 principal dancers from American Ballet...
by Lydia Murray | Mar 2, 2022 | Profiles, Show and Tell, The Latest
Alonzo King LINES Ballet dancer Adji Cissoko thinks pink. In her dance bag, “there are a lot of pink things, from workout balls to TheraBands,” she says. But her favorite item is the multicolored jacket she designed for her friend Kate Duhamel’s production company,...
by Hannah Foster | Aug 5, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
We revisited some of Pointe’s past cover stars for their take on how life—and ballet—has changed. Adji Cissoko, August/September 2011 Then: Corps de ballet dancer, National Ballet of Canada Now: Alonzo King LINES Ballet company member On being...
by Claudia Bauer | Nov 11, 2018 | Cover Story
Adji Cissoko has the alchemical blend of willowy limbs and earthy musicality you expect from a dancer in Alonzo King LINES Ballet. But she also has something more—a joy in dancing that makes every step feel immediate. “She has this soulful quality of an ancient...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 9, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. “Fury,” The “Mad Max” Rock Ballet, Makes Its Debut in San Francisco This Week FURY Show on Instagram: “Here’s a little sneak of #furyshow...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 26, 2018 | Profiles, Trending
You might be used to throwing on a leotard, tights and warm-ups each day, but now it’s summer, and your schedule is different. Whether you’re trying to dress to impress for a day off at your intensive or you’re packing for a much-needed vacation...