by Hedy Weiss | Dec 9, 2016 | Everything "Nutcracker", News
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that any ballet company worth its sugar plums must have a production of Nutcracker as part of its holiday season repertoire. And for nearly three decades, through its final performance at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre...
by Madeline Schrock | Sep 6, 2016 | Company Life
Assucena and Alberto Velazquez rehearse Christopher Wheeldon’s new Nutcracker. Photo by Cheryl Mann, Courtesy Joffrey Ballet. Though it’s not quite fall, the Joffrey Ballet is in full holiday mode, prepping for the world premiere of Christopher...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 23, 2016 | Company Life
This week, there’s a whirlwind of dance in the Windy City. The annual Chicago Dancing Festival, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, opened last night at the Auditorium Theater with glittering performances by the Joffrey Ballet, Martha Graham Dance...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Jun 23, 2016 | Company Life
If you haven’t seen Christopher Wheeldon’s Tony Award winning musical An American in Paris yet, you better hop to it. The hugely successful Broadway production closes on January 1, 2017 after a nearly two-year long run. Don’t panic if you can’t...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | May 12, 2016 | Company Life
William Shakespeare’s plays have provided inspiration to dozens of choreographers, but have you ever wondered how dance-makers translate his complex writing into beautiful dancing? This video from The Royal Ballet (a company full of natural dance-actors)...
by Hanna Rubin | Mar 31, 2016 | Career
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2016 issue of Pointe. In the Prologue to Christopher Wheeldon’s recent ballet The Winter’s Tale, two boys, princely playmates who one day will become kings, are joined onstage by two women veiled in black....
by Hannah Chang Foster | Mar 31, 2016 | Company Life
Christopher Wheeldon rehearsing Leanne Cope in An American in Paris. Photo by Matt Trent via the Wall Street Journal. If you had plans for Sunday night, you may want to cancel. This week on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” host Lesley Stahl will interview...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Feb 11, 2016 | News
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2016 issue of Pointe. Biographical ballets are having a moment, finding success in the real-life stories of famous women. Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works, which premiered at The Royal Ballet last May, and John...