by Caitlin Valentine as told to Katie Slattery | May 21, 2024 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
Caitlin Valentine has experienced nearly everything the ballet world can offer. After being handpicked by Fernando Bujones to join Orlando Ballet at age 16, she performed the leading role in nearly every classical ballet, had multiple works created on her, medaled in...
by Marcie Sillman | Mar 20, 2024 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
Seth Orza grew up in a family of ballet dancers, and he followed them into the business. He studied at the San Francisco Ballet School, then enrolled in New York’s School of American Ballet, leading to a job in the corps at New York City Ballet. He was living his...
by Eric Trope | Aug 6, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
Corps de ballet dancers make up the backbone of any major ballet company, but often their retirements go unnoticed. A name disappears in the playbill, with little public recognition. These vital members of the ballet community offer valuable and often unheard...
by Avichai Scher | Mar 24, 2019 | Career, News, Profiles, Trending
In the final moments of Jiří Kylián’s strenuous Return to a Strange Land, Samantha Klanac Campanile made sure her exhaustion didn’t stop her from savoring the moment. She looked around The Joyce Theater as the lights began to dim and...