by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 21, 2021 | Dancer Spotlight
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre corps member Caitlyn Mendicino’s Instagram page alternates behind-the-scenes performance shots with images of stacked wooden boxes, jars of honey and bees. Lots and lots of bees. Because, in addition to her ballet career, Mendicino has...
by Oksana Khadarina | Dec 27, 2020 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Instagram
What does it take for an American to graduate from the Vaganova Ballet Academy at the top of the class—and join the Mariinsky Ballet at the age of 17? And how would it feel to then be sidelined by injury, and miss an entire season of professional dancing, just...
by Helen Hope | Aug 23, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
New York City Ballet apprentice KJ Takahashi moves with elegance and precision. The ease, poise and speed with which he eats up space would make George Balanchine himself proud, though Mr. B might be surprised by the exact steps you can often find Takahashi...
by Haley Hilton | Apr 8, 2020 | Career, Profiles
Check out Fry’s famous Beehive Cake recipe here. Ballet West corps dancer Jordan Richardson Fry has always had an affinity for baking. But it wasn’t until joining Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre in 2009 that she turned to the kitchen as a way to alleviate the...
by Pointe Magazine | Apr 8, 2020 | Nutrition
When Ballet West dancer Jordan Richardson Fry isn’t in the studio, she’s running her side business, Ballerina Baker, creating extravagant cakes for weddings across Salt Lake City. You can read all about Fry’s burgeoning business here. But you...
by Hannah Foster | Jan 13, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles, Trending
Most professional ballet dancers’ stories start the same way. They begin training at a local studio between the ages of 3 and 10, move to a pre-professional school and eventually enter a company. Lara Paraschiv did not follow this script. She began her serious...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 7, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
When Sanjay Saverimuttu graduated from college, he had no idea that a professional ballet career lay in store. After training on a pre-professional ballet track throughout high school, Saverimuttu earned a degree in biology from Stanford University. But college only...
by Gianna Forte As Told To Suzannah Friscia | Jul 9, 2019 | Instagram, Training, Wellness
Before I was born, my parents found out that I had a condition called an omphalocele. All of my organs were outside my stomach. I was rushed into surgery as soon as I was born, and they put a little patch in, pushed in my organs and sewed me up. When I was 1 1/2, I...