by Amanda Silliker | Aug 1, 2009 | Call Board, Company Life
Perhaps taking its cue from the Metropolitan Opera, whose recent movie theater simulcasts have sold out across the country, the New York Theatre Ballet is making its big-screen debut. Beginning August 13, movie-going audiences can get a behind-the-scenes look at some...
by Gwenedd Vetter-Drusch | Jul 1, 2009 | Company Life
This June, the New York International Ballet Competition will welcome a new executive director: Richard Chen See. The former Paul Taylor Dance Company member, who began working with the competition in 1993 as a rehearsal coordinator and currently acts as its director,...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Jun 1, 2009 | Company Life
Every ballet student dreams of dancing new works with a world-class company. But for Beatriz Stix-Brunell, that dream came true a little early. About a year ago, Christopher Wheeldon picked the 16-year-old wunderkind to dance in his elite troupe, Morphoses/The...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Jun 1, 2009 | Company Life
The recession is hitting the ballet world hard. Faced with significant shortfalls, New York City Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theatre, Ballet Florida and Miami City Ballet have been forced to cut dancers from their ranks. Eleven NYCB, nine NBT and nine BF members will not be...
by Elizabeth Gorgas | Jun 1, 2009 | Company Life
Chan Hon Goh, a principal with The National Ballet of Canada since 1994, will perform with the company for the last time in June. Afterwards, she’ll have her hands full teaching at her parents’ Vancouver-based Goh Ballet Academy and further developing...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Jun 1, 2009 | Company Life
Virginia Johnson, former editor in chief of Pointe, was recently named artistic director of Dance Theatre of Harlem. Although the company has been on hiatus since 2004, the school and pre-professional ensemble are thriving. Johnson will work closely with Artistic...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Apr 1, 2009 | Company Life
On May 19, 1909, ballet changed forever. With the shocking debut performance of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, a modern era of unapologetic neoclassicism was born. Legs were turned in, feet were flexed and the stories were primal. This new company would...
by Justine Bayod Espoz | Apr 1, 2009 | Company Life
Classical ballet is finally taking off in Spain. Known for exporting some of the world’s top ballet dancers (such as Tamara Rojo, Lucia Lacarra and Angel Corella), it has been almost two decades since the country had a major classical company. Now, just months...
