by Hannah Foster | Dec 16, 2015 | Everything Nutcracker, Profiles, TBT
In this clip from The Royal Ballet’s 2000 production of The Nutcracker, a 19-year-old Alina Cojocaru, now a principal with the English National Ballet, does the near impossible: she makes Clara’s adoration for a nutty-looking wooden doll appear genuine....
by Amy Brandt | Dec 7, 2015 | Company Life
Johan Kobborg and Alina Cojocaru in Romeo and Juliet. Photo by Elliott Franks, via Instagram When Johan Kobborg took over as artistic director of the Romanian National Ballet after retiring from The Royal Ballet in 2013, he vowed to heighten the Bucharest-based...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 28, 2012 | Company Life
Alina Cojocaru At 31, The Royal Ballet’s Alina Cojocaru finally got the ultimate gift for a dancer: a full-length ballet created on her. John Neumeier choreographed Hamburg Ballet’s Liliom just for Cojocaru, tailoring the role of Julie, a poor waitress in...
by Roslyn Sulcas | Nov 17, 2010 | Company Life
Alina Cojocaru stood ankle deep in flowers as showers of blossoms sailed onto the Royal Opera House stage. Fellow dancers and the conductor tripped over bouquets as they took their turns to bow, and Cojocaru smiled gratefully at them, and at her partner, Johan...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Dancer: Sarah Van Patten Company: San Francisco Ballet Ballet: Marius Petipa’s Swan Lake San Francisco Ballet principal Sarah Van Patten always commands the stage in roles that call for dramatic depth and musicality. But because she is not usually thought of as...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
When you get sidelined by an injury, you try physical therapy, Pilates, swimming—anything that might get you back onstage ASAP. But when you return, something always seems a little different. Maybe that right knee doesn’t feel as secure when you’re...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Former Royal Ballet principal Alina Cojocaru surprised the ballet world yesterday with the announcement that she’s joining the English National Ballet. Many fans speculate that the move stems from her dissatisfaction at The Royal, which she abruptly left in...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Where can you find Pointe covers adorning heavy machinery? The Gaynor Minden factory, of course. Apparently our December 2010/January 2011 cover featuring Alina Cojocaru in her signature Gaynors festoon the factory’s walls and machines. This Eagle Tribune...