by Pointe Magazine | Dec 27, 2022 | News, The Latest
We asked for your favorite performances this year, and you delivered! 2022 was filled with outstanding onstage moments that left an impression on our readers. While classics like Dracula and Swan Lake were especially popular this year, a variety of performances by...
by Claudia Bauer | Dec 12, 2022 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+
American Ballet Theatre is starting the New Year with a new leader: Susan Jaffe, who last May was named as the successor to Kevin McKenzie after his 30-year tenure as artistic director. Jaffe isn’t new to ABT—she joined the corps at 18 and was a beloved principal...
by Amy Brandt | Nov 21, 2022 | Pointe+, Technique, Training
There’s something uniquely exciting about coupé jeté en tournant. “I think it’s the combination of turning, jumping and traveling,” says Carlos Lopez, American Ballet Theatre’s director of repertoire and a former soloist with the company. “Usually you see it at the...
by Lydia Murray | Oct 26, 2022 | News, Onstage, The Latest
On October 27, American Ballet Theatre’s Fall Gala will present the world premiere of Lifted, by choreographer Christopher Rudd. The piece features an all-Black cast and creative team—a historic first for the company—including dancers Erica Lall, Calvin Royal III,...
by Marina Harss | Oct 18, 2022 | Profiles, The Latest
This spring, during American Ballet Theatre’s season at the Metropolitan Opera House, it was hard not to notice a new face at the company. Daniel Camargo, a Brazilian-born dancer formerly of Stuttgart Ballet and Dutch National Ballet, came to ABT to fill in for...
by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 16, 2022 | News, The Latest
Get ready for a flux of career news as companies kick off their 2022–23 seasons. From promotions and new positions to farewells and award winners, here are the ballet world’s latest updates. Virginia Johnson to Retire, Robert Garland to Succeed as DTH Artistic...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 13, 2022 | Career, News
In 2015, Betsy McBride made an unconventional career move. Then a young principal dancer at Texas Ballet Theater, she left to join American Ballet Theatre’s corps de ballet. Now 29, McBride has charmed audiences for the past seven years with her lyrical movement style...
by Kyra Laubacher | Aug 10, 2022 | Career, Profiles
Paulina Waski knows stamina. A few days into her first week off since New Year’s 2022, she is already antsy—an understandable feeling knowing she’s just completed nearly 30 consecutive weeks of work with Boston Ballet and ABT, with a single day off in between. After...