by Camila Vicioso | Apr 25, 2025 | Career
The last time I walked into the School of American Ballet, I wasn’t carrying a dance bag. I was wearing a white coat. Earlier that day, my medical school held its White Coat Ceremony at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Aug 11, 2023 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
With her strong technique and hypermobile limbs, New York City Ballet principal Isabella LaFreniere seems to have it all—including an economics degree from Fordham University. But she hasn’t always had the easiest journey. Early in her career she overcame two major...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Feb 3, 2023 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
BalletX’s Andrea Yorita is one of the company’s most captivating and powerful movers. Trained in the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus, she later attended the University of California, Irvine, which opened her eyes to the world of contemporary ballet. Now in her...
by Helen Hope | Nov 8, 2021 | Higher Ed
Updated 9/12/22. “Let’s face it,” says Bettijane Sills, former New York City Ballet soloist and current professor of dance at SUNY Purchase. “It’s really difficult to get a dance job that pays the bills.” No wonder many college-bound dancers plan a second major in...
by Avichai Scher | Sep 13, 2021 | Audition Advice, Career
Joining a company at age 16 still carries a certain glamour, even as we’ve learned of the difficulties and stress this can cause. Conversations about making ballet more inclusive and focused on well-being are gaining momentum, but there is a group of dancers who face...
by Lucy Van Cleef | Jun 16, 2021 | Higher Ed
If you’d have told me in 2009 that it would take 12 years to earn my bachelor’s degree, I never would have believed you. Back then, I was a dancer in my early 20s and in my second year with Los Angeles Ballet. I was used to the straightforward demands of...