by Claudia Bauer | Jun 2, 2021 | Profiles
Last spring Ben Youngstone was in the midst of his first season with Sacramento Ballet, spending his days taking 9:30 am company class, rehearsing and performing. Now his days start with the sunrise and entail everything from building tomato trellises to setting up...
by Zoe Phillips | Oct 26, 2020 | Career, Training
Olivia Duran started ballet when she was 3 years old, and it was love at first plié. From there, “I just kept going,” she recently recalled over the phone, “and that was that!” Soon, she found herself at Elmhurst Ballet School, the prestigious...
by Abi Stafford | Jun 12, 2019 | Career, Profiles
Some ballet dancers, the lucky ones at least, get to enjoy long, successful careers. Yet their dancing schedule usually allows little time for anything else. At New York City Ballet, for instance, most dancers don’t have secondary jobs on the side, although...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Jun 1, 2017 | Company Life
Company class is a little more exciting these days at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Look over in the corner of the studio and it’s obvious why—Wendy Whelan is here. Dressed in a vest, with her pants tucked into her socks, one might almost forget that her name...