by Shaté L. Hayes | Nov 21, 2022 | Career, Pointe+
“Why isn’t anyone talking about this?” That was my question the first year of my freelance dance career after my mom, a tax expert with over 30 years of experience doing both corporate and community taxes, guided me through organizing my finances. From technique to...
by Lucy Van Cleef | May 12, 2021 | Career
To any pre-professional dancer vying for a company position, auditions are a familiar and often dreaded scene: Hundreds of hopeful young graduates flock to an audition site, pin a paper number to their dance clothes and try their luck. But only a few will receive...
by Evelyn Kocak | Aug 27, 2020 | Career
One of my first jobs as a freelance dancer was performing at a gallery opening for the artist Alex Prager in September 2016. The audience was feet away—one miscalculated battement could land squarely in someone’s face. Normally, this situation would have jarred...