by Pointe Magazine | Dec 26, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
The year’s end is a fantastic time to celebrate the hard work that dancers and ballet companies have been doing onstage. Here are 12 standout performances our writers have seen and loved in 2023, listed in chronological order. They range from exuberant solos to major...
by Lauren Warnecke for Dance Magazine | Aug 29, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
The dancer, director, and prolific choreographer Gerald Arpino spent his career bringing youthful energy and colorful creativity to ballet stages and, as those who knew him remember, rehearsal studios. “He was wild and passionate,” says Suzanne Lopez, who danced with...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jun 5, 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 Mathilde Froustey in Balanchine’s Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet....
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 | Pre-Professional Profiles
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...