by Rainesford Stauffer | Jul 1, 2018 | Career
In January, when news broke that Peter Martins had retired from New York City Ballet amid allegations of sexual harassment and physical and verbal abuse, I was sitting with my mother, a former dancer and teacher. We stared at the headline in shock, wondering what this...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Nov 14, 2017 | Profiles, Trending
You’re probably already following your favorite dancers on Instagram, but did you know that you can follow many of their dogs, too? We rounded up some of our favorite dog-centered accounts and hashtags to keep you pawsitively entertained (sorry, we can’t...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 31, 2017 | Career, Profiles, Trending
For dancers, every day is like Halloween. You don’t have to wait until October to try on new personas and elaborate costumes. But that certainly didn’t stop the ballet world from going full out yesterday. We rounded up some of our favorites across...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Oct 9, 2017 | Career
After Ballet West first soloist Allison DeBona appeared on The CW’s “Breaking Pointe,” studio directors nationwide started calling her up, inviting her to teach master classes. Soon DeBona was traveling every month out of the year, honing her passion...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 21, 2017 | Profiles
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, chances are that you experienced the eclipse-mania that took over the country yesterday. Thousands flocked to the 70-mile-wide path of totality (the path of the moon’s shadow), which stretched from Oregon to South...
by Kathryn Holmes | Nov 23, 2014 | Career, Company Life
This story originally appeared in the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Pointe. If you’re a member of a repertory company, tight rehearsal timelines are often a fact of life. You might have only a few weeks to memorize and master a piece before you take the...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The CW series Breaking Pointe has thrust Ballet West into the national spotlight. One of the show’s most compelling characters, Allison DeBona, chatted with Pointe about what it’s like to have her personal life and career exposed in front of a million...