by Stav Ziv for Dance Magazine | Mar 31, 2023 | News, The Latest
Paul Michael Bloodgood. Photo by Anne Marie Bloodgood, courtesy Bloodgood. No other ballet has shaped Paul Michael Bloodgood’s life as much as Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project. He was a young dancer who’d recently joined Ballet Austin when...
by Kyra Laubacher | May 25, 2022 | Company Life
For almost two years, the pandemic forced ballet dancers to step off the stage—and onto the screen. As dance organizations adjusted to keep audiences and dancers safe, many choreographers turned their focus to creating dance for film. Now, as companies have...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 12, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Joffrey Ballet Presents a Brand New “Anna Karenina” The Joffrey Ballet debuts Yuri Possokhov’s Anna Karenina February 13–24. Based on Leo...
by Jaime Lynn Witts As Told To Marissa Desantis | Jan 13, 2019 | Career, Profiles
Growing up, I was always the one who didn’t have the right body or the right feet or even just the right look. I never had that encouragement in the studio that things were going to work out for me, but I was always determined. I didn’t train at a big...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Dec 14, 2018 | Career, Everything Nutcracker
Few people who are busier during the holidays than corps members of American ballet companies. December is officially Nutcracker season—a company’s chance to earn a huge chunk of their revenue for the year, and a dancer’s chance to go a little, ahem, nuts,...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 16, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. New York City Ballet’s Fall Season Opens with “Jewels” New York City Ballet’s fall season opens September 18 at Lincoln Center’s David H....
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 7, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. New Peter Pans at Ballet Austin and Kansas City Ballet Never Never Land becomes a reality this week with two exciting new productions. Kansas City Ballet presents world...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Apr 1, 2018 | News, Viral Videos
Ballet Austin artistic director Stephen Mills is not known for shying away from heavy themes; his Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project has been performed by companies around the country since its inception in 2005, and April 6-8 Ballet Austin presents the...