by Amy Brandt | Nov 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
As I watched Helen Pickett rehearse her new work Tilt for Pennsylvania Ballet last week, there was no doubt in my mind that she’s a natural leader. Hovering closely around young corps dancer Jack Thomas during a run through, she pushed him to carve more space...
by Marissa DeSantis | Sep 21, 2017 | Profiles, Viral Videos
While ballet may feel female-dominated in that there are plenty of onstage opportunities for women, key behind-the-scenes roles like choreographer and artistic director are still largely held by men—a point that is increasingly being raised and questioned in the dance...
by Claudia Bauer | Aug 27, 2017 | Career, Profiles
Wearing leggings and a puffy vest as she works in one of The Royal Ballet’s light-filled studios, Charlotte Edmonds could pass for a corps de ballet member. Instead, she is choreographing on them, creating dynamic, ballet-based contemporary dance in her role as...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 25, 2017 | Views
In February, I attended the Prix de Lausanne, where I moderated a series of panel discussions that were open to the competing students, their teachers and parents, and the public. One topic I was particularly excited about concerned women in leadership roles, and how...
by Suzannah Friscia | Mar 16, 2017 | Company Life
We’re seeing a lot of Crystal Pite in the ballet world this season—and no one is complaining. Only a few months after debuting a work for the Paris Opéra Ballet, her first creation for The Royal Ballet premiered last night, alongside work by...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Dec 29, 2015 | Company Life
The lack of female choreographers in the ballet world has come under recent scrutiny. Why are so few women given opportunities to create for major companies—especially when they’re out there, steadily making work? How can companies, schools, patrons and...
by Siobhan Burke | Apr 2, 2015 | Profiles
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2015 issue of Pointe. If you’ve been keeping up on developments in the ballet world, you’ve probably had cause to ask: Where are the female choreographers? “I get asked to do interviews a lot because of that...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
In an effort to support female ballet choreographers, NYU’s recently formed Center for Ballet and the Arts will now offer the Virginia B. Toulmin Fellowship for Women Choreographers—a 35,000 stipend, office and studio space, and access to housing in NYC. The...