by Alice Courtright | Oct 22, 2024 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
In 2021, Thomas Forster, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, came out with his first children’s book, My Daddy Can Fly! At the story’s conclusion, he added acknowledgments to his family, sharing a photo of himself as a boy with his younger sister Louise at...
by Suzannah Friscia | Oct 24, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
This is the third in a series of articles this month about ballet siblings. Ballet is already a competitive world, but how do you dance alongside someone who looks exactly like you? How do you deal when you’re constantly getting mixed up in the studio, or when...
by Alexandra Pullen | Oct 17, 2019 | Career, Training
This is the second in a series of articles this month about ballet siblings. My mom was in the corps de ballet at American Ballet Theatre. A generation later, so was I. As if that’s not enough for one family, my younger sister Isabella Shaker dreams of following...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 2, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
It’s rare to find three siblings who wind up in the same career. But Nicole, Claire and Emma Von Enck prove that it’s not only possible, but that it comes with major benefits. Nicole, 28, is a member of Texas Ballet Theater, while Claire, 26, and Emma, 22,...