by Hanna Rubin | Feb 23, 2017 | Company Life
Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky will have world premieres on two coasts this winter. On February 10, Miami City Ballet will debut his new one-act version of The Fairy’s Kiss to Stravinsky’s celebrated score, a homage to Tchaikovsky. The following month, on...
by Hedy Weiss | Nov 30, 2016 | Company Life
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that any ballet company worth its sugar plums must have a production of Nutcracker as part of its holiday season repertoire. And for nearly three decades, through its final performance at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Sep 18, 2016 | News, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2016 issue of Pointe. This summer, former New York City Ballet principal Damian Woetzel celebrates 10 years as the artistic director of the Vail International Dance Festival. “Everything I do is about the...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Aug 11, 2015 | News
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2015 issue of Pointe. The Chicago Dancing Festival will bring world-class dance to the city’s indoor and outdoor stages August 25–29. This year, the ballet lineup features hometown company Joffrey...
by Laura Cappelle | Jul 29, 2015 | Career, News
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2015 issue of Pointe. Less than a year after taking over the Paris Opéra Ballet, Benjamin Millepied is already making his mark on the venerable company. From the schedule to dancers’ health, the young...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jun 3, 2015 | News
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet shocked the dance world when the company announced, in late March, that it would be closing at the end of its 2015 season. Though the Cedar Lake summer intensive is...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | May 28, 2015 | News, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. Pacific Northwest Ballet principal Carla Körbes announced in September of last year that she would retire at the end of the 2014–15 season—her last performance with the company will be on June 7....
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jan 29, 2015 | Company Life
American Ballet Theatre’s Fresh Princess ABT will premiere Alexei Ratmansky’s The Sleeping Beauty on March 3 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA. The ballet features scene and costume design by Tony Award winner Richard Hudson, based on the...