by Steve Sucato | Dec 18, 2024 | Everything "Nutcracker", Onstage, Profiles
One can safely say that Val Caniparoli has been one of the most prolific Nutcracker choreographers of this century. Since 2000, the San Francisco–based dancemaker, who is also a principal character artist with San Francisco Ballet, has created or co-created five new...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 2, 2024 | Career, Onstage, The Latest
Longtime Dance Theatre of Harlem star Ingrid Silva has always kept herself busy with independent projects—she is co-founder of Blacks in Ballet, a platform to celebrate Black dancers worldwide, as well as the nonprofit, female-run podcast podHER. But she’s recently...
by Claudia Bauer | Feb 13, 2024 | Career, Pointe+
“I know how to do choreography,” says Alexandra F. Light. “That’s the easy part.” The Texas Ballet Theater principal dancer, who is launching her choreography career, says that the hard part is, well, everything else—the fundraising, budgeting, networking, and...
by Marina Harss | Jan 22, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
It’s not every day that someone celebrates 10 years as choreographer in residence at the company where he has spent the majority of his own dancing career. Ricardo Graziano, a member of The Sarasota Ballet since 2010, and principal since 2011, has much to celebrate....
by Linnea Swarting | Jan 5, 2024 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
Choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa is always on the move. She most recently created a new ballet about Maria Callas at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago in Chile. And earlier in 2023 she choreographed new works for Houston Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, Whim W’Him, Pacific...
by Martha Anne Toll | Oct 4, 2023 | News, The Latest
Globetrotting choreographer Alexei Ratmansky is a peculiarly 21st-century figure. Having served as artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, and then artist in residence first at American Ballet Theatre and now New York City Ballet, he embodies geopolitics in a...
by Steve Sucato | May 9, 2023 | News, The Latest
In his 33 years with Nashville Ballet, artistic director Paul Vasterling has left an indelible mark on the organization. This month, he retires from the company, marking the end of an era. A Louisiana-bayou native, Vasterling joined Nashville Ballet in 1989 as a...
by Kyra Laubacher | May 25, 2022 | Company Life
For almost two years, the pandemic forced ballet dancers to step off the stage—and onto the screen. As dance organizations adjusted to keep audiences and dancers safe, many choreographers turned their focus to creating dance for film. Now, as companies have...