by Amy Brandt | Dec 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ever since President Obama reestablished diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2014, the two countries’ dance communities have been eager to strengthen relationships. Now, in spite of tightened travel and business restrictions by the Trump administration, an...
by Catherine Conley As Told To Suzannah Friscia | Oct 15, 2017 | Training
When I was 4 or 5, I told my mom, “I want to go to a real dance school with barres and a mirror.” My preschool recommended Chicago’s Ruth Page Center for the Arts. That’s where I trained until I left for Cuba a year ago. I went to regular...
by Lisa Kraus | Mar 31, 2016 | Profiles
This is Pointe’s April/May 2016 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. After Pennsylvania Ballet’s Mayara Pineiro and Arian Molina Soca run their Nutcracker pas de deux in rehearsal, ballet master Charles...