by Catie Robinson | Oct 14, 2025 | Cross-Training, Dance History, Health & Body, Pointe+, Training
Today, the presence of a Pilates reformer in a ballet company’s training facilities is commonplace, and many dancers turn to Pilates exercises to cross-train or rehabilitate from injuries. But how did Pilates become a go-to exercise method for ballet dancers? The...
by Sponsored by Indianapolis Ballet | Dec 2, 2024 | Pre-Professional Profiles
Becoming a professional ballet dancer is about more than technique and artistry. It’s about understanding the demands of the career and what it means to make dancing your full-time job. Indianapolis Ballet’s Professional Level Program, a new one-to-two-year...
by Laura Cappelle | Jan 9, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Choreographers line up to update Swan Lake or The Rite of Spring, but Apollo and other Balanchine classics haven’t inspired nearly as many reinventions—until now. In France, the country where Apollo premiered in 1928, 31-year-old Brett Fukuda uses a female perspective...
by Kyra Laubacher | Apr 21, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
In the summer of 2017, Carolina Ballet founding artistic director Robert Weiss and renowned composer J. Mark Scearce huddled together at the back of an Italian restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina. Riding the high of their successful 2016 world premiere ballet...
by Lauren Wingenroth | Apr 13, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
It’s hard to believe it was just 10 years ago when Dance Theatre of Harlem, on hiatus for nearly a decade due to financial troubles, was reborn under the leadership of former star ballerina Virginia Johnson. “When Arthur Mitchell told me that I had to come back as...
by Kyra Laubacher | Apr 11, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
This month, the 171-year-old State Ballet of Georgia returns to the U.S. for the first time in seven years. Under the direction of former American Ballet Theatre and Bolshoi Ballet principal (and longtime ballet icon) Nina Ananiashvili since 2004, the 62-dancer...
by Maria Kowroski As Told To Gavin Larsen | Nov 26, 2020 | Dream Role, Profiles
The first time I was called to learn Mozartiana, I didn’t think I would actually get to do it. It’s a coveted ballerina role in the company, and I was still early in my career. But I got to dance it once or twice, and then not again for many years. The...
by Sophie Robertson For Dance Spirit | Mar 3, 2020 | Technique, Training
As a teacher and choreographer, George Balanchine—founder of the School of American Ballet and New York City Ballet—finessed even the smallest details. And in his technique, extra-special attention is paid to the carriage of the head, which is both unique...