by Amy Brandt | Feb 27, 2026 | Onstage, Pointe+, The Latest
Calvin Royal III has been doing a lot of shapeshifting lately. The American Ballet Theatre principal is preparing to make two very different debuts: the title role in Lar Lubovitch’s Othello: A Dance in Three Acts and Prince Ivan in Alexei Ratmansky’s Firebird. Both...
by Amy Brandt | Nov 13, 2025 | Dance History, News, Onstage, The Latest
As Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird music spiraled to a high pitch, Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Alexandra Hutchinson rushed onstage from the wings, head lowered and arms pressed behind her. Framed by scrims of large tropical flowers, she launched into a powerful solo, with...
by Kyra Laubacher and Lilliana Miller | Nov 5, 2025 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in your November 2025 roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments New York City Ballet recently announced six major...
by Michael Henry Shavelle | Jul 10, 2025 | TBT
Firebird has had many iterations over the years. Long before George Balanchine and Alexei Ratmansky brought their lasting interpretations, Michel Fokine originated the work to Igor Stravinsky’s music in 1910. In this video, Margot Fonteyn, The Royal Ballet’s reigning...
by Kyra Laubacher | Oct 30, 2023 | News, The Latest
Since last year, the U.S. Mint has been releasing new reverse designs for the quarter as part of the American Women Quarters Program, an initiative celebrating groundbreaking women in U.S. history. Through 2025, the Mint will issue up to five new designs each year...
by Rachel Hellwig | Oct 12, 2020 | Career, Health & Body, Instagram
Editor’s note: Last week in a viral YouTube video, Kathryn Morgan shared that she decided to leave Miami City Ballet, where she was a soloist, after she was taken out of roles because of her body. In our Fall 2020 issue, we spoke with Morgan about the experience...
by Suzannah Friscia | Jan 27, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles, Trending
A couple years ago, if you had told Kathryn Morgan that she’d be a soloist at Miami City Ballet, learning roles like the Firebird, Mercedes in Don Quixote and the Striptease Girl in Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, she would have said you were crazy. But last April,...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 25, 2018 | News, Profiles, Trending, Viral Videos
As the star of the 20th Century Fox thriller Red Sparrow (opening March 2), actress Jennifer Lawrence plays Dominika Egorova, a former Bolshoi ballerina who becomes a dangerous and cunning spy. Though ballet is relegated only to the first 10 minutes of the film,...
