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! Tonight I will be debuting in Jerome Robbins’ 2 & 3 Part Inventions. He first choreographed it on...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
One of the reasons I love going to see dance in small theatres is because I get the chance to watch the dancers up close, and really analyze their performance. This was the case on Thursday, when I went to see Dances Patrelle and Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance at Symphony...
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! One of the most important things a dancer has to learn when joining a company is how to self-motivate. You...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
After seeing New York Theatre Ballet’s “Signatures 10” program on Saturday night, I realized how hard it is to just stand still and hold a pose onstage. These dancers did a great job of it, especially in Ashton’s Capriol Suite, a kind of modern...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
New York City Ballet principal Daniel Ulbricht is noted for his high energy and soaring leaps, but for Melissa Barak’s recently premiered Call Me Ben, he took on a role that could have had him falling flat on his face: He not only had to deliver dialogue, but he...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Unless you’re a professional dancer with an incredibly grueling schedule, teachers often advise not taking any real time off from ballet, because for every week off, you will need two to get back what you lost. Or so I’ve heard. The general idea, I guess,...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
People say that the real star of Balanchine’s ballets is the corps, and I think that’s right—they’re always dancing, and they never get a break, like in so many classical ballets. Last night, Western Symphony definitely proved that point for...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
As a red-headed guy, you’re going to stand out on stage anyway; it might as well be for the right reasons. Nineteen-year-old Alexander Peters had that covered at the School of American Ballet’s annual workshop performances in June. Peters showed off his...