by Amy Brandt | Jan 3, 2024 | Digital Cover Star, Pointe+
Céline Gittens bourrées forward and lifts her chin confidently, her arms poised in fifth as the accompanist plays the coda of Nutcracker’s grand pas de deux. It’s a moment of sheer delicacy before she launches into fouetté turns, traveling along the diagonal of...
by Amy Brandt | Sep 17, 2017 | Profiles
As the Red Girl in Mark Godden’s Dracula last November, Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Yoshiko Kamikusa proved a perfect blend of strength and seduction. She sailed effortlessly through Godden’s demanding choreography, melting through her upper body and...
by Pointe Magazine | Sep 28, 2010 | Company Life
A Prima’s New Role Coming full circle, Chan Hon Goh recently became director of Goh Ballet Academy, the Vancouver school run by her parents where she trained. The former National Ballet of Canada principal will keep the ballet syllabus intact, but has added Pilates,...