by Hannah Chang Foster | Aug 8, 2017 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
Most dancers might be found grabbing a bite or a nap between performances at the height of Nutcracker season. Not San Francisco Ballet’s Jordan Hammond. The corps member renovates furniture in her spare time, a hobby that has morphed into a fledgling business...
by Nancy Wozny | Feb 23, 2017 | Career, Profiles
In her first season as a corps member with Oklahoma City Ballet, Devin Larsen stood among the 17 dancers who made the audience gasp as the curtain came up on Balanchine’s Serenade. But her path to getting there would make anyone gasp. At age 3, Larsen was...
by Katherine Beard | Nov 30, 2016 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
At first glance, Ballet Hispanico second-company member Stefanie Roper looks as though she has been dancing since she could walk. Her perfectly arched feet and petite, athletic frame accentuate a particular fluidity of movement that only the most seasoned dancer tends...
by Marcie Sillman | Nov 2, 2016 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2016 issue of Pointe. Vancouver, British Columbia’s 2010 Olympic Winter Games were golden for more than just big-name athletes. Like so many Vancouverites at that time, Ballet BC dancer Alexis Fletcher and...
by Nancy Wozny | Sep 30, 2016 | Nutrition, Profiles
They say injury can be a great teacher: When Texas Ballet Theater dancer Carolyn Judson was sidelined with a back injury in 2007, her interest in health piqued. “I wondered how I could heal myself, so I began to research and read,” she says. “I was...
by Nancy Wozny | Sep 18, 2016 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
Have a question? Send it to Pointe editor in chief and former dancer Amy Brandt at askamy@dancemedia.com. They say injury can be a great teacher: When Texas Ballet Theater dancer Carolyn Judson was sidelined with a back injury in 2007, her interest in health piqued....
by Marcie Sillman | May 31, 2016 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2016 issue of Pointe. On any given day, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s rehearsal studios are filled with ballerinas decked out in a rainbow of colorful, innovative leotards—many designed and hand-sewn by...
by Nancy Wozny | Mar 31, 2016 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
Have a question? Send it to Pointe editor in chief and former dancer Amy Brandt at askamy@dancemedia.com. Houston Ballet soloist Nao Kusuzaki’s expansive port de bras spreads across the stage like a pair of wings, fitting for a story of a bird who transforms...