by Hannah Foster | Feb 13, 2018 | Career, News, Profiles
A company’s corps de ballet is rarely the pool from which title roles are plucked. Yet New York City Ballet seems to buck convention, especially for its full-length production of Peter Martins’ Romeo + Juliet. When it debuted back in 2007, the ballet...
by Chelsey Hamilton | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Growing up in Hong Kong, Margot Hallac always knew she had a knack for the arts. After training in ballet as a child and teen, she eventually found herself focusing on visual arts and moved to New York City to study at the Parsons School of Design. Now a graphic...
by Julia Guiheen | Jan 31, 2018 | Profiles, TBT
Updated 2/6/23. Last week, young ballet dancers from across the globe studied and competed for coveted scholarships at the Prix de Lausanne. This infamous competition has been a launch pad for many of the ballet world’s biggest stars. One such star is Royal...
by Rachel Hellwig | Jan 11, 2018 | News, Videos, Viral Videos
Animal roles might not typically be what dancers dream of performing…but they’re oh-so-fun to watch. You can’t help falling under their spell (and perhaps aspiring to dance one someday). Here’s a round-up of some of our favorite furry and feathered...
by Pointe Magazine | Dec 29, 2017 | Company Life
We have some very exciting news here at Pointe. From January 2–15, we will be streaming Scottish Ballet’s production of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s The Fairy’s Kiss (Le Baiser de la Fée). The free broadcast, filmed live in October at the...
by Amy Brandt | Dec 12, 2017 | News
As the investigation into claims of sexual harassment by New York City Ballet ballet master in chief Peter Martins remains under wraps, more dancers are speaking publicly on the matter. And while many allegations are decades old, dancers with recent and current ties...
by Marina Harss | Nov 9, 2017 | Profiles, Viral Videos
One of the highlights of New York City’s Fall for Dance Festival this year was an appearance by the Ballets Trockadéro de Monte Carlo, a company of men who dance on pointe with as much panache and style as any prima ballerina. Their performance of Paquita...
by Katherine Beard | Oct 29, 2017 | Dance and Fashion
Halloween is almost here and that means its time to get serious about finding the perfect costume. A lot of you dancers need costumes that are both fun and functional so that you can go straight from dance class to the streets, without missing a beat. Here are nine of...