by Marisa Hayes For Dance Magazine | Nov 4, 2022 | The Latest
When Aurélie Dupont unexpectedly resigned as the Paris Opéra Ballet’s director of dance last June, the company and fans alike were left wondering who would be next to steer the 154-member troupe. The POB opened its season in September without a director of...
by Hannah Foster | Apr 4, 2018 | Profiles, TBT
Updated 11/8/22. Is there anything more heart-wrenching than a tale of doomed lovers? It’s no wonder that so many enduring ballets don’t end in happy embraces. John Neumeier’s modern Sylvia plumbs the depths of the story for its most melancholy...
by Justine Bayod Espoz | Jul 6, 2017 | Profiles
Kayoko Everhart’s life and career have been marked by two spectacular journeys. The first is one of geographic movement: Born in Tokyo, Japan, to a Japanese mother and an African-American father, she moved to Tacoma, Washington, at the age of 7. Then as a...
by Laura Cappelle | Jun 1, 2015 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. As the Compañía Nacional de Danza moved nimbly between Alejandro Cerrudo’s sleek style and Mats Ek’s earthiness in Paris last winter, it was hard to believe that just five...