by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 24, 2018 | Profiles, Viral Videos
“Jerry, throughout his life, wanted a world where races, cultures and people came together without conflict and hate and anger, but lovingly, to make a community.” These words were spoken earlier this week by Jacques d’Amboise at an event titled...
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 | Jan 9, 2018 | Career, News
We’re in the thick of Youth America Grand Prix regional semi-final season, and the famous competition is now being made available to fans everywhere at the click of a mouse. Here are two ways to keep up with YAGP from wherever you are: Regional Semi-Finals Live...
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 Suzannah Friscia | Jun 9, 2016 | Company Life
The summer Olympics may be just around the corner, but we know that ballet dancers perform superhuman feats all year long. Next week offers an especially good chance to see this in action, as talented dancers from around the globe come together for the World Ballet...
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...
by Hannah Foster | Nov 8, 2015 | Company Life
James Sofranko in Jerome Robbins’ The Concert (or, the Perils of Everybody). Photo by Erik Tomasson, courtesy of San Francisco Ballet. Who says ballet can’t cure cancer? DanceFAR or “Dance For a Reason”—the brainchild of San Francisco...