by Claudia Bauer | Jan 13, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
San Francisco Ballet’s longtime artistic director, Helgi Tomasson, handed the reins to Tamara Rojo last December. But his presence will be strongly felt when the 2023 season opens on January 20 with next@90, a three-week festival of new works programmed by Tomasson....
by Guillermo Perez | Apr 28, 2022 | Onstage, The Latest
A week into final rehearsals for The Source, her second world premiere for Miami City Ballet, Claudia Schreier fine-tuned its closing section, keen on demonstrating tricky moves for the dancers but also huddling with them, balm in her voice. Later, Julius Eastman’s...
by Claudia Bauer | Jun 30, 2020 | Company Life, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, Instagram, Training
Ask a hundred people what musicality is, and you’re likely to get a hundred different answers. “Musicality is where an artist’s personality shines brightest,” says Smuin Contemporary Ballet member Ben Needham-Wood. For American Ballet Theatre...
by Pointe Magazine | Jan 5, 2020 | Career, Profiles
Read on for our 12 Standout Performances of 2019. Click the titles and photos to learn more! Miami City Ballet’s Katia Carranza in “Duo Concertante” Miami City Ballet principal Katia Carranza “turned every choreographic facet into a...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jan 2, 2020 | Dance Teacher, News, Viral Videos
Back to your routine after the holidays, but still looking for something to watch? Then this new PBS documentary titled Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants is for you. The hour-long film tracks the creation of two dance pieces: Claudia Schreier’s Passage for...
by Candice Thompson | Dec 21, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
Midway through Claudia Schreier’s First Impulse, the women of Atlanta Ballet stole the show with simple bourrées. One at a time, they traversed the stage backwards on pointe, at warp speed. The effect was cinematic and magical, the audience gasping in disbelief....
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 27, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. Dance Theatre of Harlem and Miami City Ballet Join Forces at the Kennedy Center for Ballet Across America The Kennedy Center’s fifth annual Ballet Across America festival...
by Theresa Ruth Howard | May 27, 2019 | News, Profiles
The Kennedy Center’s Ballet Across America festival (May 28–June 2) is celebrating women leadership and creativity this year, kicking off with three evenings of performances by Dance Theatre of Harlem. (Miami City Ballet joins them in a shared program on...