by Caedra Scott-Flaherty | Mar 11, 2024 | Career, Dance History, Pointe+, Profiles
If you were asked to name the influential ballet choreographers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, you’d probably list a lot of men: Marius Petipa, Michel Fokine, Vaslav Nijinsky, George Balanchine, Frederick Ashton. Maybe, if you really knew your stuff, you’d...
by Kyra Laubacher | Mar 8, 2022 | Onstage, The Latest
March is Women’s History Month, and this year, many companies are celebrating with programs featuring all female choreographers. With an impressive array of world premieres and returning works, these mixed bills showcase diverse takes from the female perspective....
by Steve Sucato | Oct 22, 2019 | News, Profiles
It’s been several years since former Pacific Northwest Ballet star Patricia Barker took over leadership of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. In that time Barker and her husband, former PNB dancer Michael Auer, have had to acclimate themselves to a new country, a new...
by Marissa DeSantis | Jun 3, 2019 | Career, Profiles
Though Australian Ballet coryphée Alice Topp has been dancing since she was four, when it comes to choreographing, she’s just getting started. Topp created her first piece, Trace, on a whim in 2010 as part of The Australian Ballet’s annual...
by Nancy Wozny | Apr 2, 2019 | Career, News, Profiles
Melissa Hough’s career is as dynamic as her dancing. After stints with Boston Ballet and Houston Ballet, Hough (our April/May 2011 cover star) joined the Norwegian National Ballet as a principal in 2013, and her dance card has been full ever since. She’s...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 14, 2018 | News, Training
“Who here is terrified of choreographing?” It was a question posed by Pacific Northwest Ballet School teacher Eva Stone five weeks ago, sitting on the floor among her class of female summer intensive students. “Almost all of them raised their hand,...
by Candice Thompson | Aug 1, 2018 | Profiles
Last week, Ashley Bouder joined an all-star cast of performers at the 5th annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival. Co-directors Christin Hanna and Constantine Baecher curated a dramatic evening that included a world premiere by Marco Pelle, iconic masterworks by Lester...
by Avichai Scher | Mar 13, 2018 | News, Trending
The latest front in the controversy over the underrepresentation of female choreographers in ballet is at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. They’re facing a petition and choreographer resignation that forced them to rebrand a season and publicly...