by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Gillian Murphy is on the threshold of something big. A principal at American Ballet Theatre, she’s already reached the top. But now she’s about to be catapulted into the spotlight even more. You may already know Murphy from her pointe shoe ads, as one of...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
An integral portion of Le Corsaire’s first act is the Odalisque pas de trois—a dance by three slave girls whom the audience knows little about. Choreographed to a grandiose score, the Odalisque variations act as an interlude in the ballet’s...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
What makes a great ballet partnership? To most of us, it seems to be some mysterious combination of sweat and magic. Earlier this week, The New Zealand Herald posed the question to Gillian Murphy, who’s currently starring as Odette/Odile in the Royal New...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Isabella Boylston recently joined a rather elite club at ABT—“The Princesses,” fellow corps de ballet member Blaine Hoven’s nickname for the nine current ABT dancers who have won Princess Grace Awards. “It was such an honor just to...
