by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
In one of my former lives, I worked in a little suburban dance boutique. One of the things we specialized in was fitting pointe shoes, and after learning the process, it became one of my favorite...
by Ashley Rivers | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
As dancers, we thrive on that ability to transcend the normal and become someone (or something) else on stage. It places us among the lucky few people who have the opportunity to experience that intangible freedom of another world. But aside from those precious...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
I’ve never been a very patient person or dancer, and this has always been reflected in the kinds of classes I like to take. I prefer a pretty fast class in which the barre just flies by so that I can get to center and really dance. I love petit...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
When you dance, do you do the movement, explore it or listen to how your body wants to perform it? This weekend I took a workshop with Nathan Trice, a former Complexions, MOMIX and Donald Byrd dancer who now runs his own troupe. His movement style is kind of a modern...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The other day, I was talking with my favorite teacher, Marisa, about a video of Suzanne Farrell that I have. We both agreed that although she may not have been the most perfect technician compared to today’s powerhouse dancers, she had something that is...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Have you ever had a moment of epiphany while watching a dance group perform–a realization that if you were a professional dancer, you’d want to make that company your home? Because that’s exactly what happened to me last night at The Joyce Theater....
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
This week, I was lucky enough to be able to take a class taught by Susan Jaffe, a former principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, since I’ve taken class with famous dancers before, and been very disappointed...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
It seems like ballet dancers have been popping up in all kinds of fashion spreads these days! First we noticed a few of ABT’s most beautiful men in the February issue of Elle magazine, lounging at the ABT studios with model Nataša Vojnović (and some JKO School...