What 4 Pros Learned Dancing "Nutcracker" Roles They Weren't Excited About As Kids

by Rachel Hellwig | Dec 1, 2019 | Career, Everything "Nutcracker", Profiles

Updated 11/23/22 You have your heart set on a role. Casting goes up. You’re crushed. Not only were you passed over for the part you were hoping for, but you’re definitely not excited about the role you received. You’re in good company—nearly every...

Mastering the Magic: 5 Dancers On How They Manage The Nutcracker's More Cumbersome Props and Costumes

by Hannah Chang Foster | Dec 10, 2018 | Career, Company Life, Everything "Nutcracker"

For dancers, The Nutcracker isn’t all winter wonderlands and charming sweets. To bring this ballet to life, we have to spar with swords (often while wearing a clunky head), pirouette in animal suits, and perform day after day with a host of other potentially...

These 6 Major Companies Have Promoted a Slew of Dancers

by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 19, 2018 | Career, News, Profiles

Promotions season is well underway. Earlier this spring we covered exciting changes at Boston Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet; now we’re back with news from six more companies—English National Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Miami...