by Karen Campbell | Dec 25, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
Imagine stepping into an iconic role made famous by one of ballet’s greatest living legends. That was the challenge for Boston Ballet’s Derek Dunn in the company’s premiere of Vestris, a solo that Soviet-era choreographer Leonid Yakobson created...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Dec 2, 2019 | Everything Nutcracker, News
By this point in the year, Nutcracker has already taken over most parts of your life. So why not let it play a role in your Instagram stories too? Thanks to Boston Ballet digital design manager Lauren Pajer, now it can. Pajer has just created a series of Nutcracker...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 18, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. Jacob’s Pillow’s 2019 Fest Closes With Boston Ballet We know that summer’s coming to an end when the annual Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival wraps up. August...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 17, 2019 | Career, Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, News
San Francisco Ballet just announced some major news: longtime Boston Ballet star Misa Kuranaga will be joining the company as a principal dancer for the 2019-20 season, while Dutch National Ballet principal Sasha Mukhamedov has been hired as a soloist. They join a...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 6, 2019 | Career, Profiles
On Sunday, June 9 Boston Ballet principal Kathleen Breen Combes will take her final bow onstage before stepping behind the curtain into a new role: executive director of the Rhode Island–based Festival Ballet Providence. Originally from Rockville Center, New...
by Rachel Hellwig | May 14, 2019 | Profiles, Training
It’s that time of year again: recital season! Memories will be made, including some hilarious ones. (Does it even count as a recital if something funny doesn’t happen?) We asked four pros to share their most humorous recital memories from their student...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | May 7, 2019 | News
Twenty One Pilots, Janelle Monáe, Tame Impala, Boston Ballet. One of these things is not like the others. This Memorial Day weekend, Boston’s hometown ballet company is joining a lineup of major music stars for Boston Calling, a festival dubbed by some as...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 23, 2019 | News, Profiles, Viral Videos
We love it when our favorite dancers are tapped to star in other artists’ projects. When Boston-based violinist and songwriter Josh Knowles started mulling over video ideas for his new single “Same,” the first released song of his upcoming album this...