by Amy Brandt | Jan 14, 2026 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Daniil Simkin is nothing if not industrious. If he’s not traveling the world performing as an international guest artist (he was recently dancing Nutcracker in Kazakhstan), he’s producing new creative projects. His most recent, Sons of Echo, premieres January 14–25 at...
by Kyra Laubacher | Mar 14, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Few young ballet dancers get to share the stage with international stars like Daniil Simkin and Iana Salenko. That opportunity is even less likely for students who don’t live in dance hubs like New York City or San Francisco. But for a lucky group of 15- to...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 26, 2024 | News, The Latest
Daniil Simkin has always been curious and forward-thinking about how dance can utilize digital platforms. The international guest artist and former American Ballet Theatre and Staatsballett Berlin principal was an early adopter of social media and YouTube (who can...
by Amy Brandt | Mar 4, 2021 | Technique, The Latest, Training
Have you ever wondered what Daniil Simkin thinks about when he whips off a series of effortless pirouettes? Or how Polina Semionova initiates her “swan arms” when she dances Odette/Odile? Both dancers are now part of a new streaming platform called...
by Lucy Van Cleef | Oct 28, 2020 | Company Life, Instagram, News, Onstage
It’s 8:24 am on a Tuesday. Even though morning class isn’t for another hour and a half, Daniil Simkin is already at Staatsballett Berlin’s studios; tests for the coronavirus, a biweekly requirement to dance with his partner, Iana Salenko, need to be...
by Lucy Van Cleef | Aug 17, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
We revisited some of Pointe’s past cover stars for their take on how life—and ballet—has changed. Daniil Simkin, June/July 2011 Then: Soloist, American Ballet Theatre Now: Principal, ABT and Staatsballett Berlin. Simkin has also directed and...
by Lucy Van Cleef | Oct 7, 2019 | Instagram, Profiles
When Yuria Isaka danced the grand pas de deux in Staatsballett Berlin’s The Nutcracker alongside Daniil Simkin last winter, you never would have known it was her first season as a professional; a graduate of the Princess Grace Academy in Monaco, the fledgling...
by Courtney Escoyne For Dance Magazine | Sep 11, 2019 | Company Life, Viral Videos
At this point, you’d think we’d all be used to the level of technical absurdity Daniil Simkin achieves when he’s playing around in the studio. But then he did this: Login • Instagram …and now we’re low-key appalled in the absolute...