by Candice Thompson | Sep 30, 2014 | News
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2014 issue of Pointe. American Ballet Theatre turns 75 this fall. The company’s season at the David H. Koch Theater will feature a world premiere by choreographer Liam Scarlett set to music by Sergei...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Sep 16, 2014 | News, Profiles
Seattle’s Whim W’Him, launched in 2009, has come a long way from its project-based start. This spring, the company announced a 24-week contract for seven dancers that will round out the company’s 2014–15 season. Olivier Wevers, Whim...
by Brian Schaefer | Sep 1, 2014 | News
New York City Ballet will add Peter Martins’ production of La Sylphide, the quintessential Bournonville ballet, to its repertoire next year. Martins debuted his version in 1985 at Pennsylvania Ballet. Now, 30 years later, it comes to Martins’ own company....
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Aug 12, 2014 | News
Next summer, National Ballet of Canada principal Guillaume Côté will add another role to his repertoire—artistic director of Quebec’s Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur. A Canadian version of the Vail International Dance Festival,...
by Megan Bridge | Jul 31, 2014 | News
As Pennsylvania Ballet wrapped up its 50th anniversary season this spring, changes at the top signaled the end of an era. In May, longtime artistic director Roy Kaiser announced his resignation, and two weeks later, executive director Michael Scolamiero announced his...
by Margaret Fuhrer | May 28, 2014 | Company Life
Hee Seo rehearses “Cinderella.” Photo by Gene Schiavone If the Slipper Fits… ABT takes on Ashton’s Cinderella Given the number of Frederick Ashton works American Ballet Theatre has been dancing, and dancing beautifully, as of late—The...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Mar 14, 2013 | Company Life
DTH Takes NYC In April, Dance Theatre of Harlem will take a break from its first national tour since the company’s relaunch to perform in its hometown, New York. This initial appearance, at Jazz at Lincoln Center, is the first of several high-profile...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Feb 21, 2013 | Company Life
Houston Ballet’s “Raising the Barre” program, which runs through June 5, offers three ballets that are either new to the company (Christopher Wheeldon’s Rush, Christopher Bruce’s Grinning in Your Face) or new to the world (a premiere by...