Celebrating 10 Years Of "Pointe" Magazine

Celebrating 10 Years Of "Pointe" Magazine

The ballet world was just beginning to buzz about New York City Ballet’s Daniel Ulbricht when Pointe profiled him in our October/November 2002 issue (“Jump Start,” p. 54). Then just an 18-year-old corps member, Ulbricht was earning raves for his vivacious, dazzling...
Stars Come Out to Dance for a Good Cause

Stars Come Out to Dance for a Good Cause

As if Daniel Ulbricht didn’t already have enough on his plate. In addition to dazzling audiences at New York City Ballet and serving as artistic advisor for Manhattan Youth Ballet, he’s co-producing Dance Against Cancer: An Evening to Benefit the American...
Stars Come Out to Dance for a Good Cause

Less Cancer, More Birthdays–and More Dancing

On Monday night, “Dance Against Cancer” raised over $25,000 for the American Cancer Society. The event, held at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, was co-produced by Daniel Ulbricht, whose mother is currently battling uterine cancer. It featured several...
Stars Come Out to Dance for a Good Cause

Superman's Super Show

Senior editor Jenny Stahl recently called New York City Ballet principal Daniel Ulbricht “Superman,” and I can’t think of a better way to describe the phenomenally talented dancer and teacher, who seems to be everywhere at once these days. (We...
Stars Come Out to Dance for a Good Cause

Superman

It’s a bird, it’s a plane—nope, it’s Daniel Ulbricht.   I am convinced that the New York City Ballet principal must be superman. Last night, I saw Ulbricht perform in Youth America Grand Prix’s star-studded gala. The music...
Stars Come Out to Dance for a Good Cause

The Beauty of a Pirouette

When I was at an ABT summer intensive years ago, one of my teachers told our class that the most thrilling pirouettes aren’t the tazmanian devilishly fast spins, but they are the slow, smooth turns that look like they’re effortlessly in control. This made...