by Haley Hilton For Dance Magazine | May 20, 2022 | Career
Most young ballet dancers assume that company life is the only professional career worth pursuing—but there’s more than one path to success. We got the scoop on indie work from four freelance ballerinas, who shared their journeys to freelancing, their daily must-dos...
by Shaté L. Hayes | Oct 27, 2020 | Career, Training
Before COVID, having an active social media presence may have been enough to supplement your in-person efforts of auditioning, taking class and planting yourself in your local dance community. Now that most auditions are virtual and online submissions have been on the...
by Nile Cappello For Dance Spirit | Jun 15, 2020 | The Latest, Training
Implicit bias and racial stereotyping are rampant in the dance world . That’s a fact dancers of color have always known. But the anti-racism protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd—protests whose effects have reverberated through a myriad of...
by Helen Hope | Sep 20, 2018 | Editors' List: The Goods
There’s a change in the air these past few weeks—is it fall? Not quite yet. More importantly, it’s PUMPKIN SPICE SEASON. And now, the quintessentially autumnal flavor isn’t just for lattes anymore. Dancewear companies are picking up on the...
by Claudia Bauer | Apr 1, 2015 | Career, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2015 issue of Pointe. You could say that Alison Stroming is a model ballerina, literally. This spring, when the Dance Theatre of Harlem member appeared in store signs and a TV commercial for Tumi luggage with...
by Harris Green | Jan 25, 2010 | Company Life
Alison Stroming’s teachers invariably describe her as “modest”—while recounting accomplishments that give her every reason to have an ego. Shrinking violets aren’t cast, as Stroming was last April, as one of the three shades in the “Kingdom of the Shades” excerpt from...