by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Aug 24, 2015 | Company Life
Ballet training and all of its associated fees provide a serious barrier to entry for many aspiring dancers. Tuition, appropriate dancewear, pointe shoes and summer intensives add up, and up…and up. Nowadays, many students also compete and the cost to travel to...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 7, 2015 | Company Life
The Washington, DC, dance scene is abuzz this week. Not only is The Washington Ballet premiering its first-ever production of Swan Lake tonight at the Kennedy Center, but two African-American dancers—American Ballet Theatre soloist Misty Copeland and TWB’s...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 24, 2009 | Company Life
Diversity is not going to just happen to ballet companies—that much is clear. At a time when attitudes toward race seem to be evolving—in this country and across the globe—dancers of color are still too few and far between when it comes to ballet. Yet the situation...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago recently hired nine new dancers—and they’re a notably diverse group, hailing from Cuba, Venezuela and Brazil, as well as the U.S. “I want the company to reflect Chicago’s diversity, and I was conscious of the...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Since Pointe previewed its June/July cover at a special event last week at Brooklyn’s MoCADA Museum, the internet has been abuzz. The Huffington Post, The Washington Post and Jezebel have all picked it up. Not to boast, but the image says it all: The three cover...
