by Amy Brandt | Nov 4, 2022 | The Latest
Mikhail Baryshnikov, widely hailed as one of the world’s greatest ballet dancers, has earned his place in history not just for his artistry, but for his endless curiosity. After defecting from the Soviet Union in 1974, his exhilarating performances at New York City...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 4, 2018 | News, Training, Trending
If you are a dancer in high school, listen up! The National YoungArts Foundation has announced that now, through October 12, it is accepting applications to become a 2019 YoungArts winner. Every year the foundation identifies talented teenage artists across multiple...
by Laura Cappelle | Oct 1, 2017 | Profiles
This is Pointe’s October/November 2017 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. At just 20 years old, Cesar Corrales has skyrocketed to principal at English National Ballet. English National Ballet was midway...
by Madeline Schrock | Mar 15, 2017 | TBT
What do you get when you mix a dizzying amount of pirouettes with Mikhail Baryshnikov? Pure cinema gold—and one of the most famous dance movie scenes of all time. In this clip from the 1985 hit movie White Nights, Misha combines his technical prowess with his...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Oct 19, 2016 | News, Profiles
Adding another milestone to his already untouchable career, Mikhail Baryshnikov will take on the role of iconic ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in director Robert Wilson’s one-man show, Letter to a Man. The work had its premiere in Italy in 2015 and had its U.S....
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Everything "Nutcracker", Profiles, TBT
It’s just not the holidays until you’ve watched the classic 1977 film of American Ballet Theatre in The Nutcracker—not least because the production stars the extraordinary Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland. PBS used to air it every December, but that...