by Hana Le for Dance Spirit | Sep 18, 2025 | Profiles
Imagine not knowing a single ballet step and being asked to perform with American Ballet Theatre. That’s how 22-year-old dance artist Taïs Vinolo, who starred in Amazon Prime Video’s now-canceled “Étoile,” describes her experience learning how to act as she filmed the...
by Catie Robinson | Jun 24, 2025 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
Hannah O’Neill is living the Parisian dream. When the Paris Opéra Ballet étoile isn’t performing principal roles like Paquita or Giselle at the Palais Garnier or the Opéra Bastille, she can be found taking in the city’s famous art scene or enjoying an “apéro” with...
by Amy Brandt | May 29, 2025 | Career, Pointe+
For dancers and ballet fans, the new Amazon Prime series “Étoile” has been a rare opportunity to see their favorite art form—however fictionalized on the show—celebrated in mainstream pop culture. The new series, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino...
by Chava Lansky For Dance Magazine | Apr 23, 2025 | News, The Latest
On a blazing hot day last summer, the environment inside the New Jersey Performing Arts Center was cool and hushed. A who’s who of U.S. ballet dancers entered from the wings, launching themselves across the stage in pointe shoes and unitards, while attentive audience...
by Julia Rosica | Mar 17, 2021 | TBT
The ballet world lost an icon earlier this month with the sudden passing of Patrick Dupond on March 5. The French dancer, a former étoile and former director of the Paris Opéra Ballet, had a larger-than-life persona onstage and off. He was renowned for his charisma...
