by Kyra Laubacher for Dance Magazine | Apr 7, 2023 | News, The Latest
You may recognize freelance ballerina Madison Keesler from her former positions with San Francisco Ballet, English National Ballet, and Hamburg Ballet. But this Tuesday, April 11, at 9 pm EST, you may be surprised to see her on television as a guest star in...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Apr 10, 2017 | Views
Dancers know that practice makes…room for more practice. We spend our entire lives working to refine our technique, and what non-dancers see as perfection we see as a work in progress. But with dedication and discipline, that work-in-progress starts to change...
by Grace-Anne Powers | Feb 23, 2017 | Audition Advice
I felt shattered. Cut from the audition at barre. I was 24 years old and had been dancing professionally for eight years already. I’d been very fortunate in my career so far, and although I was no stranger to rejections, this was a first. I thought: I must not...
by Nancy Wozny | Feb 23, 2017 | Career, Profiles
In her first season as a corps member with Oklahoma City Ballet, Devin Larsen stood among the 17 dancers who made the audience gasp as the curtain came up on Balanchine’s Serenade. But her path to getting there would make anyone gasp. At age 3, Larsen was...
by Candice Thompson | Feb 22, 2017 | Audition Advice, Career
A debilitating illness forced Katelyn Prominski to retire early from Pennsylvania Ballet. However, once she recovered, she felt ready to tackle a new stage: Broadway. But before she began booking musicals like Flashdance and Dirty Dancing, she had to reckon with a new...
by Pointe Magazine | Oct 12, 2016 | Training
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2016 issue of Pointe. As told to Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone and Madeline Schrock What was life like at the Vaganova Ballet Academy? Photo by Erik Tomasson, Courtesy SFB. Gabrielle Perkins, ABT Studio Company...
by Gavin Larsen | Jul 31, 2016 | Wellness
Updated 10/31/22. This story originally appeared in the August/September 2016 issue of Pointe. Today, she’s a confident Miami City Ballet first soloist, but Emily Bromberg wasn’t always so self-assured. As a teenager, she withered under the weight of...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 16, 2016 | Ask Amy, Training
Are private lessons necessary? I think I’d improve more quickly, but I’m already really busy. —Sarah Private coaching, while expensive, certainly has benefits—it allows you to fine-tune small details or concentrate on specific things...