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How Early Stardom in a Boy Band Led César Abreu to a Career in Ballet and Beyond

How Early Stardom in a Boy Band Led César Abreu to a Career in Ballet and Beyond

by Avichai Scher | Oct 14, 2022 | Career, Profiles, The Latest

Dancers who somehow seem to do it all are increasingly common in our culture of hustle. But it’s rare that their list includes touring the world in a boy band, dancing with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, musical theater, choreographing, producing, and giving back...
Semperoper Dresden Dancer Rebecca Haw on Founding a Classical Ballet Agency

Semperoper Dresden Dancer Rebecca Haw on Founding a Classical Ballet Agency

by Emily May | Sep 2, 2022 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, News, Profiles, The Latest

Trained at Elmhurst Ballet School and KS Dance, British dancer Rebecca Haw openly admits that she struggled auditioning for companies. After two years, she secured her first contract at the Romanian National Opera, Bucharest, dancing in the corps before being promoted...
Outside of the Studio, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's Caitlyn Mendicino Is a Burgeoning Beekeeper

Outside of the Studio, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's Caitlyn Mendicino Is a Burgeoning Beekeeper

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...
Meet Misha Barkidjija, the 18-Year-Old American Dancing with Russia's Mariinsky Ballet

Meet Misha Barkidjija, the 18-Year-Old American Dancing with Russia's Mariinsky Ballet

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...
New York City Ballet Apprentice KJ Takahashi Is Also a Well-Known Hip-Hop Virtuoso

New York City Ballet Apprentice KJ Takahashi Is Also a Well-Known Hip-Hop Virtuoso

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...
Make Ballerina Baker Jordan Richardson Fry's Famous Beehive Cake

Make Ballerina Baker Jordan Richardson Fry's Famous Beehive Cake

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...
Ballet West's Jordan Richardson Fry Has a Side Business Baking Extravagant Wedding Cakes

Ballet West's Jordan Richardson Fry Has a Side Business Baking Extravagant Wedding Cakes

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...
How Astrakhan State Ballet Dancer Lara Paraschiv Went From Beginner to Professional in Just Five Years

How Astrakhan State Ballet Dancer Lara Paraschiv Went From Beginner to Professional in Just Five Years

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...
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