by Hannah Foster | Feb 24, 2016 | Company Life
Daniil Simkin and Roberta Marquez. Photo by Hiroyuki Ito via Getty Images He may appear baby-faced in this clip from the 2005 Helsinki International Ballet Competition, but 17-year-old Daniil Simkin already dances like a fully formed prince. In Basilio’s...
by Pointe Magazine | Jan 5, 2016 | Company Life
Daniil Simkin with Céline Cassone. Photo by NYC Dance Project: Ken Browar and Deborah Ory. Courtesy Joyce Theater. Vacation may seem like an unknown concept to American Ballet Theatre principal Daniil Simkin. Instead of resting during ABT’s winter layoff, he...
by Amy Brandt | Nov 24, 2015 | Profiles
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. Maria Kochetkova has a voracious appetite for inspiration. A principal dancer with San Francisco Ballet since 2007, she spent the last few years guesting with American Ballet Theatre...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | May 31, 2015 | News, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. American Ballet Theatre principal Daniil Simkin has a lot on his plate. Not only has he been dancing in and rehearsing for ABT’s spring season, he’s also spearheading his own brand-new...
by Joseph Carman | Sep 24, 2014 | Career, Company Life, Profiles
In a rehearsal before their Lincoln Center performance of Coppélia last May, Sarah Lane and Daniil Simkin ran through some of the partnering in a studio several levels below the Metropolitan Opera stage where they would perform. In Frederic Franklin’s charming...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 28, 2012 | Company Life
Alina Cojocaru At 31, The Royal Ballet’s Alina Cojocaru finally got the ultimate gift for a dancer: a full-length ballet created on her. John Neumeier choreographed Hamburg Ballet’s Liliom just for Cojocaru, tailoring the role of Julie, a poor waitress in...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
We tend to think of professional dancers as tuning into an all-ballet channel. Not so, according to these five, who read, movie-binge, ace Final Fantasy, design headbands, tweet, go to college, raise cats and more. Their offstage adventures are as varied as the...
by Jennifer Stahl | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Ever wonder what the world would look like through the eyes of a ballet superstar? Pointe’s editorial advisor, Kate Lydon, gave us a heads up yesterday about Daniil Simkin’s amazing Instagram feed. The ABT soloist, who constantly travels the world, has a...