by Haley Hilton | Nov 23, 2022 | News, Onstage
On a fall evening inside New York City Center’s studios, Complexions Contemporary Ballet is deep in rehearsals for its upcoming season at The Joyce Theater in New York City. With just days until opening night, the focus of this hour is Endgame, the latest work created...
by Julia Guiheen | Feb 17, 2021 | TBT
It’s not every day that you get to see two living legends share the same stage. In 2007, Carmen de Lavallade and Desmond Richardson, trailblazers generations apart, premiered Dwight Rhoden’s Precious Blood at The Joyce Theater in New York. In this clip,...
by Helen Hope | Sep 22, 2020 | Instagram, Profiles
This is Pointe’s Fall 2020 cover story. Click here to purchase this issue. Talk to anyone about rising contemporary ballerina Tatiana Melendez, and one word is bound to come up repeatedly: “Fierce.” And fair enough, that’s a perfectly apt way...
by Candice Thompson | Mar 18, 2019 | Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
No matter where her career has taken her, Ashley Mayeux has never strayed too far from her first love, ballet. Even while dancing for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mayeux would try to fit in ballet class as often as possible. After two seasons with the modern...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 18, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Houston Ballet’s New Full Length Story Ballet, “Sylvia,” Has Its World Premiere This week, Houston Ballet is putting its stamp on an old classic with the...
by Haley Hilton | Feb 14, 2019 | Dance Spirit, News, Profiles, Trending
Complexions Contemporary Ballet is celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, and we can hardly contain our excitement. Their longstanding commitment to diversity and daring, edgy repertoire has made them an exemplar of American contemporary ballet today. The...
by Emma Sandall For Dance Magazine | Jan 6, 2019 | Training
Just before retiring in 2015, Sylvie Guillem appeared on “HARDtalk with Zeinab Badawi,” the BBC’s hard-hitting interview program. Badawi told Guillem, “Clement Crisp of the Financial Times, 14 years ago, described your dancing as vulgar.”...
by Candice Thompson | Dec 19, 2018 | Summer Study, Training
Before attending the Alonzo King LINES Ballet summer program at age 18, Maya Harr did not have much experience with improvisation. In fact, she was such an introverted bunhead that even the word seemed scary. “The teacher came into the studio, turned off the...