by Amy Brandt | May 17, 2017 | Profiles, TBT
The ’90s were an exciting time at Houston Ballet. Lauren Anderson, who became Houston’s first African–American principal dancer in 1990, reigned as its queen of virtuosic technique; a few years later, a young Cuban wonder named Carlos Acosta joined the...
by Ellen Dunkel | Feb 29, 2016 | News
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2016 issue of Pointe. When Pennsylvania Ballet premieres artistic director Angel Corella’s Don Quixote on March 3 at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music, it will be the company’s first time performing...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Don Quixote overflows with humor, flirtation and romance. And what better character to gather romance and energy than Cupid—performed in this video by the Bolshoi Ballet’s Evgenia Obraztsova. Obraztsova is one of the elite few holding the dream title of prima...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Don Quixote ‘s flirtatious and spunky Kitri is an exciting character for ballerinas to portray—any role is fun if it includes a prop fan! But it’s also an important stepping-stone in a dancer’s professional career, alongside Juliet, Odette/Odile and...