by Kyra Laubacher | Dec 10, 2020 | Everything Nutcracker, Instagram, News, Onstage
As COVID-19 lockdowns, restrictions and mandates have forced ballet companies to alter their seasons, many have transformed the ways they bring performances to their audiences. The time-honored Nutcracker is no exception. While some companies, like Orlando Ballet,...
by Gavin Larsen | Dec 9, 2020 | Everything Nutcracker, Higher Ed, News, Onstage
Earlier this year, anticipating the ongoing repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, University of North Carolina School of the Arts’ interim dean of dance, Jared Redick, started looking ahead to their annual Nutcracker performances. In May, he and the deans of...
by Kyra Laubacher | Nov 8, 2020 | Career, Company Life, Instagram
This is one of a series of articles following one young dancer as she starts her career in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Two months into my professional career—and eight months after the coronavirus shutdown forced theaters to close and dancers to train...
by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 28, 2020 | Career, Company Life
This is one of a series of articles following one young dancer as she starts her career in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. I moved to Eugene, Oregon, in August, brimming with nerves and excitement to launch my career as an aspirant with Eugene Ballet. After...
by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 1, 2020 | Career, Company Life
This is one of a series of articles following one young dancer as she starts her career in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. When I pictured my professional performance debut, I hadn’t anticipated dancing on my family’s washing machine for a...
by Frances Solá-Santiago | Aug 6, 2020 | Training, Wellness
I was 4 years old when I took my first ballet lesson. My mom had dressed me in a pink leotard with matching tights, skirt and slippers. She drove me on a Saturday morning to a ballet academy in downtown Caguas, the town in Puerto Rico where I grew up. I don’t...
by Claudia Bauer | Jun 11, 2020 | Dance Magazine, News, Summer Intensive Survival, Summer Intensives, Summer Study, Training
No question, the novel coronavirus has turned ballet training upside down. But if you think you can’t have a great summer intensive this year, think again. Over the past few months, ballet schools have learned how to deliver classes and workshops online, and...