by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 29, 2019 | News, Profiles
Summer means promotions announcements, and dancers transitioning from one company to another. And while we’ve already shared some updates with you (see San Francisco Ballet here and here, American Ballet Theatre here), more news is being released each day....
by Toba Singer | Dec 2, 2018 | Training, Trending
If you’ve had an opportunity to see the Cuban National Ballet Company perform, or taken class with a Cuban-trained teacher, or observed a Cuban-trained dancer in classical, contemporary or character roles, you’ve probably wondered what it might be like to...
by Suzannah Friscia | Jun 20, 2018 | Career, Profiles
This time last year, Catherine Conley was already living a ballet dancer’s dream. After an exchange between her home ballet school in Chicago and the Cuban National Ballet School in Havana, she’d been invited to train in Cuba full-time. It was the...
by Catherine Conley As Told To Suzannah Friscia | Oct 15, 2017 | Training
When I was 4 or 5, I told my mom, “I want to go to a real dance school with barres and a mirror.” My preschool recommended Chicago’s Ruth Page Center for the Arts. That’s where I trained until I left for Cuba a year ago. I went to regular...
by Suzannah Friscia | Jun 30, 2016 | Company Life
Ever since diplomatic relations were reestablished between Cuba and the U.S. back in 2014, people have been wondering what increased cultural exchange might mean for Cuban ballet. This week, it was announced that Catherine Conley, a dancer from Chicago’s Ruth...