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...
by Steve Sucato | May 10, 2022 | Company Life, News, The Latest
Each step along Alejandro Cerrudo’s 24-year career, he’s planted the seeds for his next area of growth in the dance field. Born in Madrid, he first became a dancer, then a choreographer and, most recently, the producer of his own dance projects. Now, the 41-year-old...
by Karen Campbell | Dec 4, 2018 | Profiles
Haley Schwan’s artistic journey toward becoming a Boston Ballet company artist has been anything but ordinary. From the Vaganova Ballet Academy and Staatsballett Berlin to immersive theater in New York City and choreographing for the MTV Video Music Awards,...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 13, 2018 | Career, News, Profiles
Have you ever dreamt of the chance to choreograph for American Ballet Theatre? Thanks to ABT Incubator, the company’s newly launched choreographic initiative directed by company principal (and recent author) David Hallberg, that wish could become a reality this...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 23, 2018 | News, Profiles
The Broadway revival of Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein’s Carousel opened last week, and while it stars luminaries from the worlds of musical theater (Joshua Henry, Jessie Mueller) and opera (soprano Renée Fleming), it also stars choreography by one...