by Kyra Laubacher and Michael Shavelle | Aug 8, 2025 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in your August 2025 roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments American Ballet Theatre has promoted Sierra Armstrong,...
by Kyra Laubacher for Dance Magazine | Apr 7, 2023 | News, The Latest
You may recognize freelance ballerina Madison Keesler from her former positions with San Francisco Ballet, English National Ballet, and Hamburg Ballet. But this Tuesday, April 11, at 9 pm EST, you may be surprised to see her on television as a guest star in...
by Amy Brandt | Sep 29, 2019 | Instagram, Profiles
Whether she’s dancing within a group or in a featured role, what you first notice about American Ballet Theatre’s Courtney Lavine are her long limbs and sweeping upper body. During her debut as Hail in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Seasons earlier this...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 12, 2019 | Dance Spirit, News, Viral Videos
Alexei Ratmansky’s Whipped Cream, which American Ballet Theatre debuted in 2017, tells the story of a young boy who eats too many sweets, falls into a delirium, and is rescued by Princess Praline, who brings him to a world inhabited by fantastical confectionary...
by Amy Brandt | Jul 31, 2017 | Career
Between book deals and Under Armour endorsements, her own Barbie doll and a spot at the judges table on NBC’s “World of Dance,” Misty Copeland has been one of the few ballerinas to break into mainstream pop culture. Now she’s conquering the...
by Suzannah Friscia | Aug 7, 2016 | Company Life
We love it when the rest of the world gets inspired by ballet—especially when they recognize dancers as the powerful athletes and intelligent artists that we know they are. Through collaborations like Misty Copeland’s recent commercial for Dannon’s...