by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 10, 2017 | Career, Viral Videos
Last Thursday was World Ballet Day LIVE, the official 22-hour live-stream relay showcasing companies across the globe. If you were busy (we know that you don’t always have the luxury to spend an entire day watching ballet), don’t fret. Many of the...
by Claudia Bauer | Oct 2, 2017 | Career, Profiles, Viral Videos
For some of us, every day feels like World Ballet Day LIVE. But the official event takes place on Thursday, October 5, with a free 22-hour live-stream relay showcasing The Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, National Ballet of Canada and San Francisco...
by Laura Cappelle | Oct 1, 2017 | Profiles
This is Pointe’s October/November 2017 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. At just 20 years old, Cesar Corrales has skyrocketed to principal at English National Ballet. English National Ballet was midway...
by Laura Cappelle | Sep 23, 2017 | Profiles
There was total silence by the end of English National Ballet’s first go at Pina Bausch’s raw Rite of Spring, and much of the performance’s success came down to a tiny dancer: Francesca Velicu. Handpicked to be The Chosen One, the Romanian corps...
by Julia Guiheen | Jul 26, 2017 | Profiles, TBT
We’ve all dreamt of it: dancing a romantic pas de deux with your real-life love interest. Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg have done it countless times as one of ballet’s most beloved on- and offstage couples. In this immaculate 2003 performance with The...
by Marissa DeSantis | Jun 18, 2017 | Profiles
This past winter, Isabelle Brouwers used her two-week break from English National Ballet to bring dance to the orphaned children at the Spurgeons Academy in Kibera, a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Funded by the U.K.-based charity, Global Care, Spurgeons...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 23, 2017 | Company Life
Mark your calendars! On Thursday May 25, English National Ballet’s eighth annual Emerging Dancer Competition will stream live via Facebook from London’s historic Sadler’s Wells Theatre. This year the competition will feature six of ENB’s most...