by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 9, 2020 | News, The Latest
This hasn’t been an easy week for San Francisco Ballet: Last weekend the city’s mayor ordered that the War Memorial Performing Arts Center cancel all performances through March 20 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, thus halting SFB’s run of A...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 7, 2016 | Company Life
The 12th International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize will take place in Toronto on November 15. The event, which honors Bruhn’s danseur noble legacy, is a pretty accurate predictor of up-and-coming talent. Last year’s winners included NBoC second...
by Amy Brandt | May 24, 2016 | Company Life
As companies’ performance seasons wrap up, news of who’s leaving, joining and rising through the ranks has been landing in our inboxes here at Pointe. In recent weeks, we’ve noted the massive roster changes at Pennsylvania Ballet and Julie...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | May 4, 2016 | News
Have a question? Send it to Pointe editor in chief and former dancer Amy Brandt at askamy@dancemedia.com. Royal Ballet artist in residence Liam Scarlett is noted for the psychological themes of his one-act ballets, like 2014’s The Age of Anxiety. On May 4, he...
by Amy Brandt | Mar 24, 2015 | Company Life
National Ballet of Canada corps member Hannah Fischer, 20, and San Francisco Ballet soloist Carlo Di Lanno, 22, were announced the winners of the prestigious Erik Bruhn Prize on Tuesday night. Recently retired Boston Ballet principal Yuri Yanowsky won the...
