by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 21, 2017 | Profiles
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, chances are that you experienced the eclipse-mania that took over the country yesterday. Thousands flocked to the 70-mile-wide path of totality (the path of the moon’s shadow), which stretched from Oregon to South...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jun 19, 2017 | Career, Company Life
Being in the corps can be pretty unforgiving. You dance in nearly every performance, it sometimes feels like you’re only onstage to add to the scenery, and you’re expected to fit in—while still vying for soloist roles. It’s enough to make even...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Apr 14, 2016 | News
To commemorate 400 years since Shakespeare’s death, Carolina Ballet has performed three ballets this season dedicated to the Bard, crowned by the April 14 premiere of artistic director Robert Weiss’ Macbeth. The ballet has costumes by David Heuvel and...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Apr 6, 2016 | Company Life
ABT Celebrates Ratmansky Alexei Ratmansky works through Firebird with ABT dancers (photo by Gene Schiavone, courtesy ABT) American Ballet Theatre’s Ratmansky Festival is the centerpiece of the company’s spring season at Lincoln Center’s Metropolitan...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Swan Lake with only nine swans in the corps de ballet—and not one of them wearing a tutu? When Jan Burkhard, now in her third season with Carolina Ballet, first heard about this out-of-the-box version of the classical ballet created in 2005 by the...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Nutrition
Dancers live hectic lives. There isn’t always time to cook up the ideal snack. Carolina Ballet corps de ballet member Cecilia Iliesiu takes a short cut: Her homemade “energy bites” skip the baking process altogether. All you have to do is stir the...