by Carrie Seidman | Apr 1, 2015 | Profiles
This is Pointe’s April/May 2015 Cover Story. It’s the day after Christmas and Miami City Ballet’s dancers are taking class onstage in West Palm Beach, where, in a few hours, they will begin the last run of their Nutcracker season. Soloist Nathalia...
by Laura Jacobs | Apr 1, 2015 | Career, Wellness
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2015 issue of Pointe. “It was perfect,” Nina says of her debut as Odette/Odile. It’s the last scene of the 2010 psychological thriller Black Swan and these are the last words this character, the...
by Candice Thompson | Feb 1, 2015 | Features, Inside PT, Profiles
This is Pointe’s February/March 2015 Cover Story. On a rainy October morning, Boston Ballet’s Dusty Button sails through a pas de cinq rehearsal for Swan Lake. The variation is long and thankless, full of uncomfortable jump sequences and tricky...
by Dana Glassman | Nov 20, 2014 | Features, Inside PT, Profiles
This is Pointe’s December 2014/January 2015 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here. A rush of energy rippled across the Toronto theater, followed by an ovation that went on for what seemed like an eternity. It was June 12, 2013, and Svetlana Lunkina...
by Anna Waller | Sep 24, 2014 | Features, Inside PT, Profiles
This is Pointe’s October/November 2014 Cover Story. In a company known for its tall women, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Leta Biasucci doesn’t fit the mold. At 5′ 3″, she seems petite next to several of the company’s willowy...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Jul 27, 2014 | Profiles
This is Pointe’s August/September 2014 Cover Story. A few months ago, Tiler Peck turned 25. It’s an age when most ballet dancers are earning their first breakout roles, gradually discovering who they are onstage. Not Peck. She followed an uncommonly...
by Candice Thompson | Jun 1, 2014 | Company Life
Ballet students learn quickly to follow directions and wait for reward or recognition from the front of the room. But navigating a professional career is very different from being a successful and talented student. Each dancer’s path is unique, and often nonlinear: A...
by Hanna Rubin | Jun 1, 2014 | Company Life
Photography by Kyle Froman Pennsylvania Ballet holds only one audition each year. Every spring, hundreds of dancers crowd into a studio at New York’s School of American Ballet to be considered by artistic director Roy Kaiser and his team. Many come from...