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...
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...
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...