by Margaret Fuhrer | Aug 26, 2017 | Dancer Spotlight, Inside PT, Profiles
Petite and fine-boned, American Ballet Theatre’s Rachel Richardson can look younger than her 21 years, vulnerable in a way that makes you want to give her a hug. That is, until she begins to move. Elegant and precise, with beautifully articulated legs and feet,...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Aug 14, 2017 | Call Board, Dancer Spotlight, Inside PT, News
With most of American Ballet Theatre’s classical repertoire under her belt, principal Isabella Boylston is ready for a new challenge, specifically, launching Ballet Sun Valley, a dance festival with educational outreach in her hometown of Sun Valley, Idaho....
by Marina Harss | Aug 8, 2017 | Career
Photographed by Rachel Papo. Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky has said that had he not come across the work of Mark Ryden, he might never have made his new ballet, Whipped Cream. Ratmansky, artist in residence at American Ballet Theatre, had been mulling the project for...
by Pointe Magazine | Jun 22, 2017 | Career, Profiles, Viral Videos
American Ballet Theatre’s Cassandra Trenary seems to have it all—not only is our June/July 2016 cover star a dazzling soloist at ABT, she has a sunny, down-to-earth personality and a life-saving hero for a husband. But her first year in the company had its...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Jun 1, 2017 | Company Life
Company class is a little more exciting these days at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Look over in the corner of the studio and it’s obvious why—Wendy Whelan is here. Dressed in a vest, with her pants tucked into her socks, one might almost forget that her name...
by Amy Brandt | May 15, 2017 | Views
Fluffy snow yaks, dancing cupcakes and a slithering candy-cane worm. These, along with many more candy confections (and a creepy doctor with a massive head), make up the cast of characters in Alexei Ratmansky’s new full-length Whipped Cream at American Ballet...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 25, 2017 | Views
In February, I attended the Prix de Lausanne, where I moderated a series of panel discussions that were open to the competing students, their teachers and parents, and the public. One topic I was particularly excited about concerned women in leadership roles, and how...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 11, 2017 | News
Hollywood may have the Oscars, but ballet has the Benois de la Danse. The glamorous awards ceremony, held each year at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, recognizes the year’s best dancers and choreographers around the globe. The 2017 nominees were announced...