by Roslyn Sulcas | Sep 23, 2012 | Features, Inside PT, Profiles
Beatriz Stix-Brunell is standing in front of the choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, frowning intently. It is early March at The Royal Ballet in London, and just one day before she is due to make an unexpected debut in the title role of his Alice’s Adventures in...
by Laura Cappelle | Sep 23, 2012 | Company Life
Photography by Jim Lafferty Paris Opéra Ballet?’s Giselle is a quintessentially French fairy-tale: It’s moody and mercurial, fanciful and romantic, elegant and heartbreaking. Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot originally choreographed Giselle for POB in 1841, giving the...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Sep 23, 2012 | Company Life
New York City Ballet gives its dancers’ bodies exemplary care. The dancers themselves, however, don’t necessarily take advantage of it. The company started its wellness program in 2001 to cut down on injuries. All apprentices and first- and second-year...
by Lauren Kay | Jul 23, 2012 | Company Life
Joy Womack: The Road to Russia As the first American to graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy’s main training program, Joy Womack found fame even before going pro. Although her journey was far from easy, she feels it was the right choice. “My time at...
by Joseph Carman | Jul 23, 2012 | Company Life
Photos by Kyle Froman With her Bette Davis eyes and breathtaking jump, Ashley Bouder delivers a jolt of electricity every time she comes onstage. Her fiery classicism has positioned her for many of the great Balanchine roles, like Firebird, “Rubies”...
by Nancy Wozny | Jul 23, 2012 | Company Life
Many dancers’ bags double as mini 7-Elevens. They’re chock full of carefully selected snacks that fuel dancers through the day, the performance and the season. There’s not a casual cracker in there! These stashes are as individual as the dancers...
by Ashley Rivers | Jul 18, 2012 | Features, Inside PT, Profiles
As Misa Kuranaga rounded an arabesque promenade during the energy-devouring third act pas in Don Quixote last spring, her tutu began to quiver. The audience held its breath, waiting. Kuranaga could have stepped down, could have held her partner Jeffrey Cirio’s...
by Margaret Fuhrer | May 22, 2012 | Company Life
Photos by Jim Lafferty Most Russian ballerinas spend their careers polishing and repolishing their Auroras, Giselles, Odettes and Odiles. Diana Vishneva is not most Russian ballerinas. Ever eager for a new challenge, Vishneva chose to perform Martha Graham’s...