by Kyra Laubacher | May 12, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
James Whiteside has a track record of choreographing to popular music. The American Ballet Theatre principal’s Young & Beautiful, created for the ABT Studio Company last year, features music by alt-pop star Lana Del Rey, and his Dance You Outta My Head,...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jun 16, 2021 | Onstage
The annual Dance Against Cancer gala is back in full force this year, bringing major dance stars together on Monday, June 21, to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Held in Lincoln Center’s outdoor Damrosch Park, it will be New York City’s largest...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 3, 2020 | News, The Latest
Start your week off on a good note. Dance Against Cancer, the annual charity dance event founded by Erin Fogarty and Daniel Ulbricht to raise money for the American Cancer Society, was scheduled for tonight, Monday May 4. Though the star-studded performance has been...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Apr 21, 2019 | Profiles
While both based in New York City, American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet are very different companies, from their touring schedules to their repertoire and training styles. Nevertheless, two principals—ABT’s Stella Abrera and NYCB’s Maria...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 16, 2018 | News, Profiles
You can find Tiler Peck just about anywhere these days—onstage at New York City Ballet, in commercials, on “The Ellen Degeneres Show.” And let’s not forget starring in 2014’s Little Dancer, a musical that followed the creation of Edgar...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Despite the devastation and pain that Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have left in their wake this fall, it’s been encouraging to see dancers step up in aid of their communities: When the future of Houston Ballet’s Nutcracker seemed uncertain, venues around the...
by Amy Brandt | May 2, 2017 | News
When New York City Ballet principal Daniel Ulbricht and Manhattan Youth Ballet programming director Erin Fogarty first produced Dance Against Cancer: An Evening to Benefit the American Cancer Society back in 2010, they likely had no idea how big it would become. Now a...
by Pointe Magazine | Apr 19, 2016 | Company Life
Six years ago, New York City Ballet principal Daniel Ulbricht and Erin Fogarty, director of programming at Manhattan Youth Ballet, teamed up to create Dance Against Cancer. The annual benefit for the American Cancer Society brings together ballet, modern and Broadway...