by Steve Sucato | May 10, 2022 | Company Life, News, The Latest
Each step along Alejandro Cerrudo’s 24-year career, he’s planted the seeds for his next area of growth in the dance field. Born in Madrid, he first became a dancer, then a choreographer and, most recently, the producer of his own dance projects. Now, the 41-year-old...
by Gavin Larsen | Mar 14, 2019 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
In 1996, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet artistic director Tom Mossbrucker was a veteran Joffrey Ballet dancer with no aspirations to direct a company. But while visiting a Colorado music festival with his partner, Jean-Philippe Malaty, also a dancer, a chance encounter changed...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 30, 2018 | News
Fall for Dance Festival Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Fall for Dance Festival Includes Three Ballet World Premieres 2018 marks the 15th anniversary of New York City Center’s Fall for Dance...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Apr 9, 2018 | Career
Romantic couples within the dance world are fairly common; it’s not surprising that a dancer might find a deeper connection with another who appreciates ballet’s unique triumphs and trials (not to mention someone else who doesn’t mind eating dinner...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Aug 28, 2017 | News, Profiles, Viral Videos
On the heels of his successful 2015 project INTENSIO, American Ballet Theatre principal Daniil Simkin is presenting a new multi-media work at the Guggenheim Museum’s Works & Process series set in the museum’s multistoried rotunda. “The rotunda is...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jun 20, 2016 | Company Life
The Bay Area dance scene continues to grow, and San Francisco Ballet soloist James Sofranko has added his voice to the mix. His new company, SFDanceworks, was founded in 2014 and presents its debut season this week at the ODC Theater in San Francisco. The U.S. has a...