by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 4, 2018 | News
From June 10–23, 119 competitors from 19 countries will gather in Jackson, Mississippi, for the 11th USA International Ballet Competition. Held every four years, the USA IBC has helped launch the careers of dozens of stars, including Daniil Simkin, Misa Kuranaga...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 19, 2018 | Profiles
Though according to our calendars today is the first day of spring, it feels like anything but. That’s why we’ve been extra jealous watching American Ballet Theatre dancers’ Instagram posts from their tour to Singapore. From swimming in rooftop pools...
by Marissa DeSantis | Oct 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
If you’ll be in the Chicago area next month, the historic Auditorium Theatre is putting together a one-night-only performance you don’t want to miss. The event is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the theater’s reopening in 1967, which...
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 Marissa DeSantis | Sep 7, 2017 | Profiles
Since joining American Ballet Theatre as a soloist in 2008, Russian-born Daniil Simkin has become a fixture in the New York City dance scene. In addition to performing leading roles with ABT in everything from Giselle to Whipped Cream, Simkin has also spearheaded his...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Aug 28, 2017 | News, Profiles, Viral Videos
On the heels of his successful 2015 project INTENSIO, American Ballet Theatre principal Daniil Simkin is presenting a new multi-media work at the Guggenheim Museum’s Works & Process series set in the museum’s multistoried rotunda. “The rotunda is...
by Julia Guiheen | Jun 7, 2017 | Profiles, TBT
American Ballet Theatre is in the midst of Le Corsaire this week as part of the company’s annual season at the Metropolitan Opera House. One of the ballet’s most celebrated and challenging male roles is Ali, the Slave. Daniil Simkin is dancing the part...
by Amy Brandt | May 15, 2017 | Views
Fluffy snow yaks, dancing cupcakes and a slithering candy-cane worm. These, along with many more candy confections (and a creepy doctor with a massive head), make up the cast of characters in Alexei Ratmansky’s new full-length Whipped Cream at American Ballet...