by Caedra Scott-Flaherty | Aug 12, 2024 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
Aleisha Walker stands at the center of the dance studio in a gray leotard and shorts, her curly brown hair pulled back in a low bun. She listens deeply to the music—eyes closed, fingers tapping out the counts, nodding—before opening into an exquisite fan kick on...
by Lauren Wingenroth For Dance Magazine | Aug 9, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Calvin Royal III is no stranger to the ballet festival scene. For years now, the American Ballet Theatre principal has been a regular at summer staples like Vail Dance Festival (where he was an artist in residence in 2021), Spoleto Festival, and Kaatsbaan Cultural...
by Kyra Laubacher | Aug 5, 2024 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of dancer career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in this month’s ballet roster roundup. Promotions, Guestings, and Appointments Paris Opéra Ballet’s Thomas Docquir and Jack...
by Avichai Scher | Jul 3, 2024 | Career, Digital Cover Star, Profiles
To get to know Jake Roxander, our July/August digital cover star, a little bit better, we asked him a series of quickfire questions. Read on to hear more about the American Ballet Theatre soloist’s dream roles, preshow routine, typical day off, and more. What’s your...
by Avichai Scher | Jul 2, 2024 | Digital Cover Star, Pointe+
In May of 2022, American Ballet Theatre director of repertoire Carlos Lopez was preparing Alexei Ratmansky’s Of Love and Rage. On the day Ratmansky joined rehearsal, Lopez was uneasy because he had to put in a new apprentice, Jake Roxander. “I said, ‘I’m sorry,...
by Catie Robinson | Jun 24, 2024 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Catherine Hurlin keeps her essentials in a bag that shows off her personality: a Harry Potter backpack purchased from the gift shop at Harry Potter: The Exhibition, located down the street from ABT’s rehearsal studios. “I’m a...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 21, 2024 | Higher Ed, Summer Study, Training
Last summer, Kirsten Smerud, then 20, had just finished a traineeship at BalletMet and was preparing to join Louisville Ballet’s Studio Company. She wanted to keep up with her training, but she found that she’d aged out of most summer intensives and would be older...
by Kyra Laubacher | Apr 8, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
This month, American Ballet Theatre will make the North American premiere of Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works. The critically acclaimed ballet, created for The Royal Ballet in 2015, is based on three works by 20th-century modernist author Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway,...