by Laura Cappelle | Jun 1, 2015 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. As the Compañía Nacional de Danza moved nimbly between Alejandro Cerrudo’s sleek style and Mats Ek’s earthiness in Paris last winter, it was hard to believe that just five...
by Steve Sucato | Apr 2, 2015 | Career, Company Life
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2015 issue of Pointe. Underneath Grand Rapids Ballet artistic director Patricia Barker’s million-watt smile lies an unyielding determination to realize her artistic visions. So when friend Maurice Sendak, author of...
by Lea Marshall | Feb 1, 2015 | Career, Company Life
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2015 issue of Pointe. In 1980, just months after graduating from Smith College, Stoner Winslett attended a performance by Richmond Ballet. Though it was then just a student company, with a modest budget of $164,000,...
by Steve Sucato | Nov 23, 2014 | Career, Company Life
This story originally appeared in the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Pointe. Newly appointed BalletMet Columbus artistic director Edwaard Liang says he didn’t know he wanted the position until it fell into his lap. The 39-year-old internationally known...
by Laura Cappelle | Sep 30, 2014 | Career, Company Life
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2014 issue of Pointe. Every once in a while, a ballet company will come out of left field and reinvent itself in a matter of years. Until Aaron S. Watkin took over as artistic director in 2006, Dresden’s...
by Marina Harss | Jul 31, 2014 | Career, Company Life
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2014 issue of Pointe. It was Labor Day weekend of 2012 when Lourdes Lopez received the phone call. Edward Villella, Miami City Ballet’s founder and artistic director of 27 years, had left abruptly, eight...
by Laura Cappelle | May 31, 2014 | Company Life
Name the most prominent choreographers and directors in continental Europe, and the list reads like a who’s who of Stuttgart Ballet alumni. John Neumeier, Jirí Kylián and William Forsythe all came up through the ranks of the German company. Four...