by Amy Brandt | Jun 30, 2017 | Career
Here at Pointe, we love dancers who use their talent to tap into other creative projects. For New York City Ballet corps dancers Emily Kikta and Peter Walker, their mutual love of choreography and film-making has yielded a major commission: creating eight short,...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Jun 1, 2017 | Company Life
Company class is a little more exciting these days at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Look over in the corner of the studio and it’s obvious why—Wendy Whelan is here. Dressed in a vest, with her pants tucked into her socks, one might almost forget that her name...
by Emma Love Suddarth | May 25, 2017 | Career
“Wait—explain it to me once more. If I move my phone around like this, then what will it look like?” This was me, last August. Pacific Northwest Ballet had commissioned my husband, corps member Price Suddarth, to choreograph Silent Resonance, the...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 22, 2017 | Profiles, Technique
As told to Amy Brandt by Leta Biasucci I first saw a video of The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude as a student at the San Francisco Ballet School summer program. Then we learned a little bit of it in variations class, and it made such an impression on me. It was...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jan 23, 2017 | Company Life
From April 20–May 6 2018, San Francisco Ballet will host a festival featuring an impressive roster of top choreographers. SFB artistic director Helgi Tomasson has chosen choreographers with massive reputations and tons of experience. The full lineup is as...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jan 17, 2017 | Company Life
Pennsylvania is joining the ranks of companies like New York City Ballet, BalletX and more, which offer workshops to support early-career choreographers. At PA Ballet, four choreographers will have the opportunity to create work on PB II, the second company. Three are...
by Suzannah Friscia | Dec 29, 2016 | Company Life
Love it or hate it, this is the time of year when people start talking about New Year’s Resolutions. While it’s exciting to think about what you want to work on in 2017, it can also feel daunting—especially because we often set unrealistic goals for...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Dec 19, 2016 | Company Life
Many ballet companies offer opportunities for emerging choreographers to test their chops, but few can boast sustained mentorship and cultivation of the next generation of dance makers. A few exceptions include BalletX’s season-long choreographic fellowship, The...