by Amy Brandt | Sep 11, 2017 | Career, Profiles
This year marks the 50th anniversary of George Balanchine’s Jewels, and companies around the world are paying homage. While last summer’s Lincoln Center Festival collaboration with New York City Ballet, Paris Opéra Ballet and Bolshoi Ballet was all...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jul 18, 2016 | Company Life
Benjamin Millepied, who briefly helmed the Paris Opéra Ballet, finished his duties with the company on July 15. He will return to L.A. to focus his energy on his contemporary dance company, L.A. Dance Project, which has its Joyce Theater debut this month....
by Amy Brandt | Jun 25, 2015 | Company Life
Mere weeks after her retirement from Pacific Northwest Ballet, former principal Carla Körbes has joined the staff of Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project as associate artistic director. Cörbes, who is serving as artist in residence at the Vail International Dance...
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 | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
As if Wendy Whelan’s imminent retirement wasn’t a hard enough pill to swallow, news that Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Carla Körbes will retire in June 2015 makes this an even sadder year for ballet. Körbes started her career at New York City...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Körbes and Jerome Tisserand rehearsing Debonair with choreographer Justin Peck. Photo by Lindsay Thomas, Courtesy PNB. When Pacific Northwest Ballet toured to NYC in October, Big Apple audiences got a first look at Justin Peck’s new...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Carla Körbes in “Diamonds” from George Balanchine’s Jewels (photo by Angela Sterling) For ballet fans around the world, there is a lot to be sad about in the 2014/2015 season. Wendy Whelan ended her career at New York City Ballet, while...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
It’s heartbreaking when a great ballerina retires and only a lucky few thousand people can see her final performance. Not so, with Pacific Northwest Ballet principal Carla Körbes. Her final performance with PNB will be live-streamed through PNB.org/Live on...