by Kyra Laubacher and Michael Shavelle | Aug 8, 2025 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in your August 2025 roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments American Ballet Theatre has promoted Sierra Armstrong,...
by Avichai Scher For Dance Magazine | Feb 12, 2025 | Career, News, Profiles, The Latest
The last few weeks have felt fairly routine for Ashley Bouder—morning class, rehearsal, picking up her daughter from school—until it hits her: Her 25-year career at New York City Ballet is about to come to a close. “I go through little bouts where it’s really real and...
by Kyra Laubacher | Feb 7, 2025 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in your February roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments The Paris Opéra Ballet has announced a slew of promotions for...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 15, 2020 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, News, Training
Updated March 20, 2020 One of the hardest parts of hunkering down to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is giving up our daily routines. And for dancers, that means class. Last week we shared a number of online teaching platforms (including Miami City Ballet principal...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 14, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. Cathy Marston’s “Jane Eyre” Makes Its Joffrey Debut British choreographer Cathy Marston’s Jane Eyre made its U.S. debut at American Ballet Theatre...
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 Amy Brandt | May 21, 2019 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, News, Profiles
Hollywood may have the Oscars, but ballet has the Prix de Benois de la Danse. Held every spring at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater, the prestigious international awards ceremony recognizes dancers, choreographers, composers and designers for their extraordinary work on...
by Candice Thompson | Aug 1, 2018 | Profiles
Last week, Ashley Bouder joined an all-star cast of performers at the 5th annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival. Co-directors Christin Hanna and Constantine Baecher curated a dramatic evening that included a world premiere by Marco Pelle, iconic masterworks by Lester...