by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 25, 2018 | News
This week is bursting at the seams with ballet. Earlier this month multiple companies performed the same ballet (think Romeo and Juliet), but this week brings a truly eclectic mix of new works, company premieres and old classics all around the U.S. and Canada....
by Kathleen McGuire | Jan 21, 2018 | Career, Health & Body, Training, Wellness
Early in Carrie Imler’s 22-year career with Pacific Northwest Ballet, she was excited to be cast in Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments. But immediately following dress rehearsal, she was removed from her role in “Melancholic.” “My...
by Rachel Hellwig | Dec 21, 2017 | Trending
And 5,6,7,8… The countdown to the New Year is on! Here’s a peak at what five dancers from around the country are aiming for in 2018. Eileen Frazer with Brandon Ramey in “Don Quixote”. Photo by Louis Tucker, Courtesy Ballet Memphis. Eileen...
by Suzannah Friscia | Feb 2, 2016 | Profiles, Studio to Street
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2016 issue of Pointe. Julie Marie Niekrasz doesn’t shop often, but when she does, you won’t find her at the mall. “I love vintage clothing,” the Ballet Memphis dancer says. “I think I...
by Joseph Carman | May 20, 2014 | Features, Inside PT, Profiles
Ballet has a lily-white reputation. The great “ballet blanc” works glorify white swans, white shades, white wilis and white sylphs. Still, in 2014, balletgoers might expect some progress in racial diversity onstage, especially in the U.S., where...
by Pointe Magazine | Feb 27, 2011 | Company Life
Interviews by Christopher Blank, Rosie Gaynor and Nancy Wozny A firestorm of controversy over recent reviews that singled out dancers’ bodies for criticism has raised the question of whether body type still matters in today’s ballet world. Does...
by Mary Ellen Hunt | Jun 1, 2010 | Company Life
For many professional ballet dancers, following the dream means a series of clear upward steps, from corps to soloist to principal. Until last year, you might have said that Nevada Ballet Theatre’s Alissa Dale was right on track. A trainee with NBT in 2004, Dale got...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Nutrition
Put down the Pop-Tart. Loading up on healthy fuel in the morning will lead to much more productive day in the studio. Ballet Memphis dancer Stephanie Mei Hom, who loves to cook—and eat!—likes to wake up to a boost of nutrients and antioxidants....
