by Sophie Bress | May 24, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Watching Ballet West principal Katlyn Addison dance, it’s clear that music moves her. She has the ability to fill out each note, perfectly attuning herself to the cadences of the orchestra and using her steps to reveal smaller nuances in the score. But her dancing, it...
by Sophie Bress | May 16, 2023 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
Loren Walton is one of those dancers whose career trajectory can be described as impressive without running the risk of sounding glib. At age 16, just four years after his first ballet class—an audition for the Joffrey Ballet School summer intensive—he left his...
by Kyra Laubacher | May 2, 2023 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in this month’s roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments Miami City Ballet artistic director Lourdes Lopez has promoted Chase...
by Sponsored by Ballet West | Jan 13, 2023 | Training
For dancers ready to level up their ballet training, Salt Lake City–based Ballet West offers a year-round Professional Training Division for dancers 14 to 20 years old. “Students at the Ballet West Academy are immersed in a professional...
by Kyra Laubacher | Oct 31, 2022 | News, Onstage
In 1942, Agnes de Mille premiered her cowboy-themed ballet, Rodeo, with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House. Eighty years later, Ballet West celebrates the work’s anniversary this November, featuring the ballet in a triple bill...
by Haley Hilton For Dance Magazine | Sep 29, 2021 | Company Life
As live theater returns, we’re reminded again that anything can happen onstage. Be it falling, puking or losing your costume mid-performance, mishaps are a reality of the industry. It’s what you do with the disaster that matters. Five professionals with...
by Kate Mattingly | May 6, 2021 | The Latest
If the story of a ballet company presenting performances amidst a global pandemic, a divisive presidential election, and uprisings for justice sounds like it was made for TV, Ballet West has a series for you. In The Balance: Ballet for a Lost Year is a nine-episode...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 11, 2021 | The Latest
Last week, Ballet West announced that first soloists Katlyn Addison and Hadriel Diniz have been promoted to principal artist. The news marks a historic moment for the company. Addison, who is Canadian, will be the first Black principal dancer in Ballet West’s...