by Hannah Chang Foster | Apr 7, 2021 | Summer Intensives
When it comes to navigating summer intensives, 2021 may be more complicated for ballet students than last year. On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic’s spring spike in 2020, summer programs went all-virtual or had very limited capacity. This year is more of a...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 5, 2021 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Instagram
Simply put, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan is a dazzling performer—we couldn’t take our eyes off of her when she danced the lead pas de deux from “Rubies” during an online company performance in October. In our March/April...
by Laura Cappelle | Mar 30, 2021 | Company Life
Occasionally, in my dreams, I relive the entrance of the Shades from La Bayadère. From the quiet, hypnotic buildup of arabesques snaking down the stage to the prayerlike moment when the entire corps de ballet freezes in a front tendu, arms crossed and eyes...
by Barry Kerollis | Mar 29, 2021 | Career, Profiles
By March of last year, Brazilian-born ballet dancer Camila Rodrigues’ career was finally taking off. After patiently waiting several years to obtain an O-1 visa, she was approved to work in the United States in August 2019 and was immediately hired by several...
by Kyra Laubacher | Mar 21, 2021 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes, Instagram, News
In 2018, Zoé Emilie Henrot and eight other dancers suddenly found themselves unemployed when their Twin Cities–based company transitioned to a school-only model just weeks before their season was supposed to start. They had two options: go their separate...
by Avichai Scher | Mar 14, 2021 | Audition Advice, Career, Company Life, Instagram, News
For ballet companies, it’s been a year of uncertainty and making it up as they go. Pivot to online content? Check. Break dancers into pods? Sure. Cancel and reschedule programming over and over? Just another day. While companies have found ways to be nimble amid...
by Marissa DeSantis | Mar 7, 2021 | Health & Body, Wellness
Wearing a mask while dancing in exchange for finally getting back into the studio seems like a small price to pay—though it doesn’t make maskne any less pesky. But the irritation and acne caused by sweating in a mask doesn’t have to be part of the...
by Gavin Larsen | Mar 4, 2021 | Training
Of all the unprecedented effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the dance world, perhaps the most unthinkable a year ago was the forced pivot to online training. With many studios mandated to close, we’ve outfitted our homes with barres and marley and...