by Joseph Carman | Oct 12, 2016 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2016 issue of Pointe. City Ballet of San Diego is admired in Southern California for its diversity of dancers, a sizeable Balanchine repertoire, lively story ballets and regular accompaniment by full...
by Heather Wisner | Jul 31, 2016 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2016 issue of Pointe. Kevin Irving is a man of eclectic tastes. It showed in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s 2015–16 season, which opened with Napoli Act III, the company’s first turn with Bournonville,...
by Steve Sucato | May 31, 2016 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2016 issue of Pointe. “I was tricked into it,” says Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre artistic director Terrence S. Orr, recalling his introduction to ballet. As a young boy, he wanted to learn acrobatics, but when...
by Steve Sucato | Mar 31, 2016 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2016 issue of Pointe. “There’s always boxes of color to help with that,” says Kansas City Ballet artistic director Devon Carney when I ask him if the long hours in the studio are turning his hair gray....
by Eli Keel | Jan 27, 2016 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. Last August, Louisville Ballet’s artistic and executive director Robert Curran met with an anonymous donor in New York. He came home with a check for one million dollars. His lips...
by Laura Cappelle | Nov 23, 2015 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. While the 20th century brought a number of high-profile dancing directors, from Rudolf Nureyev in Paris to Mikhail Baryshnikov at American Ballet Theatre, most today don’t juggle...
by Christopher Blank | Sep 30, 2015 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2015 issue of Pointe. Some might call it bravado. Others would say fightin’ spirit. When Robert Mills grabbed the reins of a struggling Ballet Oklahoma in 2008, the company was at a crossroads: To sink under...
by Steve Sucato | Aug 2, 2015 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2015 issue of Pointe. Take a look at Charlotte Ballet’s repertoire, and it’s clear it’s a company fueled by innovative contemporary works yet rich in ballet pedigree. Led by former New York City...