by Marcie Sillman | May 31, 2016 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2016 issue of Pointe. On any given day, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s rehearsal studios are filled with ballerinas decked out in a rainbow of colorful, innovative leotards—many designed and hand-sewn by...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jan 18, 2016 | Company Life
New York City Ballet resident choreographer Justin Peck has balletomanes everywhere on the edge of their seat, impatiently awaiting the premiere of his first narrative work, The Most Incredible Thing. Based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, the ballet will...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jan 6, 2016 | Company Life
Zenaida Yanowsky in Will Tuckett’s Elizabeth (photo by Ilaria Martello) There are tutus. And then there’s everything else. How do you design period costumes that are 1) recognizable to the audience and 2) possible to dance in? For The Royal Ballet’s...