by Julia Guiheen | Mar 20, 2019 | Profiles, TBT
Tamara Rojo joined the elite, though thankfully growing, roster of female ballet company directors seven years ago when she took the helm at English National Ballet. Since then she’s managed the even more uncommon feat of continuing to perform as a leading...
by Steve Sucato | Jun 25, 2018 | News, Profiles
James Sofranko, longtime San Francisco Ballet soloist, will succeed Patricia Barker as Grand Rapids Ballet’s new artistic director, effective July 1. Sofranko topped a list of 40 applicants from around the world to become only the fifth artistic director in...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Dec 18, 2017 | Career, News
When Hope Muir was asked to apply to be Charlotte Ballet’s new artistic director, the Scottish Ballet assistant artistic director flew stateside to North Carolina for some sneaky reconnaissance. After scouting out the city and the company, Muir gathered it would...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | May 23, 2016 | Company Life
(Brittany Stone, shot for our June/July 2013 cover, photo by Nathan Sayers) Things are changing at The Washington Ballet! Former American Ballet Theatre star Julie Kent was appointed as the new artistic director in March, and she released a statement during the...