by Steve Sucato | Aug 10, 2026 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+, Profiles
Dayton Ballet, one of the oldest ballet companies in the U.S., is about to enter its 89th season. Shepherding the company since 2023 has been 41-year-old Brandon Ragland, in his first company leadership role. His vision for a diverse 21st-century ballet troupe has...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 15, 2025 | News, The Latest
Gonzalo Garcia officially took the helm as Miami City Ballet’s artistic director on August 11, but he’s wasted no time getting started. A week after the company announced his appointment on June 16, he flew out to California’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts to see MCB...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 27, 2025 | News, The Latest
Two years ago, Vienna State Opera made a huge announcement: Internationally renowned Italian ballerina Alessandra Ferri would become the ballet company’s new artistic director, effective September 1, 2025. She succeeds Martin Schläpfer, who has led the company since...
by Martha Ullman West | May 15, 2025 | News, The Latest
After 46 years of leading Eugene Ballet, artistic director Toni Pimble is stepping down from the daily routine of running the company she and then-husband Riley Grannan co-founded in 1978. Associate artistic director Jennifer Martin and resident choreographer Suzanne...
by Steve Sucato | Dec 27, 2024 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+
Like many ballet companies in the U.S., Ballet Palm Beach grew out of its affiliate dance academy. Begun in 2001 by founding artistic and executive director Colleen Smith, the company has its roots in Smith’s dance school, the Esther Center, and its subsequent student...
by Sierra Hitchcock | Oct 28, 2024 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+
One of the most challenging, but fascinating, jobs artistic directors undertake is planning their company’s repertoire each year. Programming is a task that requires insight, forethought, and creativity. Here, four artistic directors share how they approach designing...
by Claudia Bauer | Sep 25, 2024 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
The gold rush of 1863 put Boise, Idaho, on the map, but today the city is experiencing a boom of a different kind. As one of America’s fastest-growing cities—and ranked second on the 2024–25 U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Places to Live” list—Boise enjoys a...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Aug 7, 2024 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+
When Margaret Mullin, a former Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist, took the reins as artistic director of Ballet Tucson in the spring of 2022, she was coming back home. A Tucson native, Mullin had trained at the School of Ballet Tucson and returned at various points to...