by Amy Brandt | Dec 23, 2018 | Profiles
During the Ballet Nacional de Cuba’s tour to Washington, DC’s Kennedy Center earlier this year, the company brought longtime artistic director Alicia Alonso’s Giselle. And while the production was admittedly well-worn and the style of dancing...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Feb 13, 2018 | Career, News, Profiles
A company’s corps de ballet is rarely the pool from which title roles are plucked. Yet New York City Ballet seems to buck convention, especially for its full-length production of Peter Martins’ Romeo + Juliet. When it debuted back in 2007, the ballet...
by Suzannah Friscia | Jun 25, 2017 | Career, Company Life
Alaina Andersen, as told to Suzannah Friscia I got my corps contract on my 18th birthday. It was such a relief. I had convinced myself that I would be okay not dancing, but inside I just wanted to get a contract with Miami City Ballet. I’d trained at Milwaukee...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jun 19, 2017 | Career, Company Life
Being in the corps can be pretty unforgiving. You dance in nearly every performance, it sometimes feels like you’re only onstage to add to the scenery, and you’re expected to fit in—while still vying for soloist roles. It’s enough to make even...
by Pointe Magazine | Jul 31, 2016 | Profiles
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2016 issue of Pointe. Every corps de ballet has a few bright standouts. Here are 10 young dancers on the rise. Norika Matsuyama in “Don Quixote.” Photo by Erik Tomasson, Courtesy SFB. Norika Matsuyama,...
by Isabel Garcia | Dec 29, 2015 | Company Life
Ever wonder what life is like as a corps de ballet dancer in a major company? While principals and soloists get all of the glory, dancing in the corps has a special beauty all its own—and takes just as much work. Isabel Garcìa, a dancer with the National Dance Company...
by Pointe Magazine | Jul 31, 2014 | Company Life
Amanda Assucena, Joffrey Ballet Not many first-year company members get the chance to perform a principal role, let alone two—but last season, the Joffrey Ballet’s Amanda Assucena did just that. In addition to dancing the Sugar Plum Fairy in the company’s...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Ask Keenan McLaren how she felt at the start of her first season with Dayton Ballet in 2005, and she’ll have one word for you: terrified. “I was youngest person in the company, and I didn’t know anyone,” she says. “But I reminded myself...