by Sponsored by The Rock School | Dec 9, 2022 | Pre-Professional Profiles
The Rock School for Dance Education’s Professional Program focuses on the development of the whole dancer, enabling students to attain high standards of technique and artistry in a supportive environment. While valuing the elevation of the art form, The Rock School...
by As Told To Barry Kerollis | Nov 21, 2022 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+
Achieving an elevated rank in a ballet company doesn’t always equal career fulfillment. Now and again, successful dancers upend their lives and transition to new companies in hopes of finding that thing which is missing. While promotion is often a clear motivator for...
by Barry Kerollis | Dec 29, 2021 | Career, Company Life
Never before has the dance community experienced such a collective return to the stage as during the pandemic. In celebration of our industry’s triumphant—although staggered—return to in-person performances, Pointe asked experienced pros to reflect on their...
by Steve Sucato | Aug 23, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
We revisited some of Pointe’s past cover stars for their take on how life—and ballet—has changed. Derek Dunn, October/November 2016 Then: Demi-soloist, Houston Ballet Now: Principal dancer, Boston Ballet On being a Pointe cover star: “It...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 23, 2020 | News, Viral Videos
DANSEUR , the feature-length documentary released in 2018, explores the social stigmatization young men face in ballet. And after last summer’s “Good Morning America” scandal, and the #boysdancetoo movement that followed, the film’s message...
by Pointe Magazine | Jan 5, 2020 | Career, Profiles
Read on for our 12 Standout Performances of 2019. Click the titles and photos to learn more! Miami City Ballet’s Katia Carranza in “Duo Concertante” Miami City Ballet principal Katia Carranza “turned every choreographic facet into a...
by Karen Campbell | Dec 25, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
Imagine stepping into an iconic role made famous by one of ballet’s greatest living legends. That was the challenge for Boston Ballet’s Derek Dunn in the company’s premiere of Vestris, a solo that Soviet-era choreographer Leonid Yakobson created...
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...