ABT and Complexions Swap Classes and Stretch Their Comfort Zones

by Hannah Chang Foster | Aug 16, 2020 | News, The Latest

While American Ballet Theatre and Complexions Contemporary Ballet fall into very different size and repertoire categories, both institutions’ dancers start their day with pliés and tendus—even in quarantine. A ballet class seemed like a natural...

How Coming Back to Ballet After Years Away Has Saved Me During the Pandemic Shutdown

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...