by Nancy Wozny | Jun 8, 2026 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Over the past few years, Houston Ballet soloist Jacquelyn Long has been steadily growing her presence as a choreographer while regularly dancing lead roles. Since 2018, Long has created several works, but Illuminate, her 2023 breakout ballet for the company, revealed...
by Amy Brandt | Dec 18, 2025 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+, Wellness
As I stood backstage in my snow costume, my bodice felt tight. I tried not to panic—I needed every ounce of oxygen to get through the snow scene in Jean-Paul Comelin’s Nutcracker. As an 18-year-old Milwaukee Ballet trainee, this was my first professional production,...
by Haley Hilton | Oct 25, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
You’d be hard-pressed to find a dance lover who hasn’t heard of New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck. Her lightning-fast footwork, and magnetic performance quality, has made her a household name. But it’s not just her dancing that’s causing a buzz this fall—she’s...
by Kyra Laubacher | Mar 20, 2023 | News, The Latest
It’s not a new phenomenon for choreographers to collaborate with visual artists. Whether through costume and set design, onstage sculpture or, more recently, performances in exhibit spaces, dance and the visual arts have long maintained an ongoing partnership. It is...
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 Lydia Murray For Dance Magazine | Apr 22, 2021 | Site Network
American Ballet Theatre soloist Gabe Stone Shayer’s latest project will inspire some serious travel envy. From March to April of this year, Shayer has been an artist in residence at Palm Heights Grand Cayman—a resort in the Cayman Islands—where he is...
by Maggie Boggs | Jul 16, 2020 | Career, Training
As dancers well know, developing a new skillset takes guts. For so many of us, training begins young and, to our friends’ bafflement, only gets more intensive. (“Wait, what? You’re going to dance class six days a week?”) Yes. Developing your...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 10, 2018 | News
For Cincinnati Ballet artistic director Victoria Morgan, the company’s annual Kaplan New Works Series is all about invention. “If you’re comfortable, then you’re not in the right place,” she says. This year’s program, held September...