by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Like most dancers I know, I can’t stand watching myself on film. Really, I’m that slow? It’s not that I dance behind the music, but I never look quite sharp enough. Innately smooth, lyrical and calm, my natural movement quality works all right in...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
On Monday and Tuesday, I was lucky enough to film two rehearsals for Avi Scher & Dancers, a company headed by Avi Scher, an emerging young choreographer in New York City. I was especially excited because I would be filming Sara Mearns (a principal at NYCB) and...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
There’s nothing about ballet that isn’t personal. Everyone has a favorite way to warm up, a favorite teacher, a favorite time to take class, etc. After talking to a friend of mine before class last night, though, I really think that nothing is more...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Evening classes have always been tricky for me. After 5:30, I can’t seem to muster the energy to dance that is so easy for me to access in the morning, and it can be really hard to get through class. It happened to me on Monday evening. I was already tired...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
I hate adagio. Not because I don’t like to move slowly and elegantly to the beautiful and stately music that usually accompanies this exercise, but because I don’t have very high extension. I love taking class, but I usually hit a low point (no pun...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
There are some performances you feel like you could see over and over again, because the dancers made such a huge impression on you. You remember every moment, every movement. That’s how I feel about a video of Natalia Makarova performing the White Swan pas de...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The New York City Ballet spent its winter season tackling Big Story Ballets: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. So when I entered the David H. Koch theater last night (right before Sarah Jessica Parker, no less!) for the company’s...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The following is guest blog by New York City Ballet soloist (and February/March 2010 cover girl) Kathryn Morgan. Stay tuned for more posts from Kathryn! What a whirlwind week I’ve had! For the past month and a half, I’ve been busy rehearsing Peter...