by Catie Robinson | Sep 16, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
With a wish list of companies and performers in mind, Stanford Makishi, the vice president and artistic director of dance at New York City Center, works with his team to solve the puzzle that is creating its annual Fall for Dance Festival. How they do so is simpler...
by Kyra Laubacher | Aug 14, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
In the summer of 2018, American Ballet Theatre corps member Jose Sebastian was walking in upper Manhattan with his mother, Pat, after his final performance in the company’s Metropolitan Opera House season. When he found himself reminiscing on summers he spent in the...
by Amy Brandt | Sep 9, 2020 | Instagram, News, The Latest
This spring was supposed to be one of highly anticipated debuts at American Ballet Theatre, a chance for many soloists to test their mettle in major leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera House. While the coronavirus pandemic shutdown put those debuts on pause, the...
by Marina Harss | Feb 20, 2020 | News, The Latest
This spring, American Ballet Theatre unveils Of Love and Rage, a new evening-length work based on an unlikely source: a tale of love and adventure written in the first century AD. We’re all aware of Greek mythology, of the tragedies and of the Greek...
by Marina Harss | Dec 20, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
This is Pointe’s Winter 2020 cover story. You can click here to purchase this issue. “They’re breaking all my theories about not pushing dancers too soon,” Kevin McKenzie, the usually cautious artistic director of American Ballet Theatre, said...
by Courtney Escoyne For Dance Magazine | Sep 11, 2019 | Company Life, Viral Videos
At this point, you’d think we’d all be used to the level of technical absurdity Daniil Simkin achieves when he’s playing around in the studio. But then he did this: Login • Instagram …and now we’re low-key appalled in the absolute...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 4, 2019 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, Instagram, News, Profiles
Most years, American Ballet Theatre closes its spring Met season with a sweet surprise: company promotions. Artistic director Kevin McKenzie just announced that two members of the corps de ballet—Aran Bell and Joo Won Ahn—are being promoted to soloist,...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 30, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. The Royal Ballet Brings “Mayerling” to Los Angeles The Royal Ballet heads to Los Angeles for two weeks of performances at The Music Center this summer. From...