by Suzannah Friscia | Jan 21, 2016 | Health & Body, Wellness
The Royal Ballet’s Steven McRae in Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale. Photo by Johan Persson. We’re now in the middle of the winter season (and as those of you in the Northeast know, possibly heading into our first snowstorm of the year). The drop...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 17, 2015 | Company Life
Hannah Fischer and Piotr Stanczyk in rehearsal for The Winter’s Tale. Photo by Aaron Vincent Elkaim, Courtesy NBoC. Ballet lovers, Shakespeare lovers and Christopher Wheeldon lovers, rejoice! The North American premiere of The Winter’s Tale is finally...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Aug 31, 2015 | Company Life
As America anxiously awaits Stephen Colbert’s return to the small screen, dance and theater fans have something special to look forward to. Christopher Wheeldon, the choreographer of Broadway’s An American in Paris, along with its two stars, New York City...
by Amy Brandt | Mar 31, 2015 | Profiles, Show and Tell
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. Ever wonder what life is like as a ballerina on Broadway? Just peek inside Leanne Cope’s dance bag. Cope, who stars as Lise in Christopher Wheeldon’s production of An American in Paris,...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 12, 2015 | Company Life
This June, The Royal Ballet is making a long-awaited tour to Washington, DC, Chicago and New York City. But on February 17, ballet lovers across the U.S. can see the company in movie theaters for a one-night-only screening of Christopher Wheeldon’s A...
by Hedy Weiss | Feb 1, 2015 | Career, News
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2015 issue of Pointe. What was the appeal of creating your own version of Swan Lake? I grew up loving The Royal Ballet’s staging of it by Anthony Dowell, and then I danced Balanchine’s version with the...
by Hedy Weiss | Jan 31, 2015 | Career
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2015 issue of Pointe. The Joffrey Ballet has presented many narrative ballets during its 58-year history. But until last October, it had never waded into the waters of that quintessential test for any classical...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 14, 2014 | Company Life
What better way to open the season than with a trailer? The Washington Ballet has done just that, releasing this video of the company preparing for its season opener next week (October 22–26). The program, entitled Taking Flight, has a distinctly European flavor, and...