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...
by Kathleen Mcguire For Dance Magazine | Feb 11, 2021 | Health & Body, Profiles
It was the kind of nightmare that haunts a dancer in their sleep. Joshua Shutkind, then a first-year corps member with Ballet West, stepped onto the stage in the coveted role of the Prince in The Nutcracker and completely forgot the steps. But Shutkind was not...
by As Told To Lydia Murray | Dec 30, 2020 | Instagram, Profiles
For dance—and the world at large—2020 has been one of the most challenging years in recent memory. Yet its stops, starts and slowdowns brought reflection, introspection and growth. Pointe asked three dancers what this year taught them about themselves....
by Haley Hilton For Dance Teacher | Oct 18, 2020 | News
Evelyn Cisneros-Legate is bringing her hard-earned expertise to Ballet West. The former San Francisco Ballet star is taking over all four campuses of The Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy as the school’s new director. Cisneros-Legate, whose mother put...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Sep 10, 2020 | Career, Company Life, Instagram, The Latest
What does it take to come back to the stage mid-pandemic? While many American dance companies have already called off all live performances through the end of the year (or longer), some, like Salt Lake City’s Ballet West, are cautiously starting to return to...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Apr 14, 2020 | Career, News
At Ballet West, news seems to come in threes. Artistic director Adam Sklute just announced the roster for the 2020-21 season, and it includes three prominent company promotions, three retirements and three new hires. This news comes fast on the heels of Boston...