by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 4, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. BalletX’s Spring Series Showcases Three Premieres Philadelphia-based troupe BalletX brings three premieres to the stage March 6-17. The company’s Spring Series...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 3, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. ABT’s New Harlequinade is Finally Here The long wait for Alexei Ratmansky’s Harlequinade for American Ballet Theatre is finally over. June 4-9, catch ABT at the...
by Steve Sucato | May 23, 2018 | News, Profiles
For the first time since its inception 11 years ago, Dance St. Louis’ annual Emerson Spring to Dance Festival — May 25 and 26 at the University of Missouri–St. Louis’ Touhill Performing Arts Center — will be curated by someone other than...
by Rachel Hellwig | Apr 18, 2018 | Profiles
It’s that time of year again—recital season! And not so long ago, some of your favorite ballet dancers were having their own recital experiences: dancing, discovering, bowing, laughing, receiving after-show flowers, making memories, and, of course, having...
by Julie Diana Hench | Sep 18, 2017 | Dream Role, Profiles, Technique
As told to Julie Diana Juliet is one of my favorite roles—you go through every emotion in just three acts. I had done different versions of the ballet before, but it was an amazing opportunity when my director Stanton Welch created the role for me. I watched a...
by Nancy Wozny | Sep 7, 2017 | Profiles
Watching an emotionally gut-wrenching early rehearsal of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling at Houston Ballet on Aug. 17, it was clear that the Houston Ballet’s fall season was going to be steeped in deep drama. And it was, but for different reasons....
by Madeline Schrock | Nov 21, 2016 | Cross-Training, Profiles
Morning zinger: Jessica Collado makes a pitcher of a spicy drink with turmeric, ginger, lemon juice, coconut water and cayenne pepper at the start of each week. “It’s the first thing I drink when I get up. It’s good for my body and wakes up my...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 20, 2014 | Career, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Pointe. Steven McRae Commanding presence: McRae in Ashton’s Rhapsody Tristan Kenton, Courtesy ROH The Royal Ballet’s Steven McRae danced with a power and speed most people would...