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...
by Joseph Carman | Jan 7, 2018 | Career
Ballet excels at defying gravity. Lightness, ethereality, wispiness, symmetry, lineal order, chivalry and blissful endings to well-worn tales bestow on ballet a reputation as an art form that embraces divine beauty and design. But themes of grief, trauma, death, war,...
by Madeline Schrock | Jun 14, 2017 | Cross-Training, Profiles
Morning whirlwind: As a mother of two boys, the a.m. hustle is hectic for Ballet Austin’s Aara Krumpe. But she always makes time for a 15-minute home workout on her Pilates reformer before company class. She uses the apparatus to warm up her feet and calves and...
by Candice Thompson | Jul 5, 2016 | Career, Company Life, Cross-Training, Wellness
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2016 issue of Pointe. Need some inspiration for staying in shape this summer? These four dancers know how to balance rest, cross-training and fun to start off their next season right. Photo by Charlie McCullers, Courtesy...
by Nancy Wozny | Aug 2, 2015 | Profiles, Reverence
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. Jaime Lynn Witts’ persistent, can-do attitude is the secret to her success at Ballet Austin. How do you divide your career between talent and pure determination? You need equal parts talent,...
by Steve Wilson | Jul 29, 2010 | Company Life
Ballet Austin’s Stephen Mills stretches his dancers and his audiences. On the brink of insanity, Hamlet struggles with three alter-egos in a sequence that blends balletic precision with modern dance elasticity. By fusing the timeless with the contemporary, ...