by Eric Figueredo As Told To Kyra Laubacher | Oct 31, 2024 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+, Profiles
Ballet and horror have been having a moment. Between recent films featuring dangerous ballerinas and a spike in Halloween-themed works, hair-raising ballet is all the rage. But as a dancer, what does it feel like to embody the undead? When Eric Figueredo auditioned...
by Catja Christensen | Oct 12, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
The autumn chill finally creeps in this October, along with three chilling new works from American companies. Last year, we saw an increase in Halloween-themed ballets, and the trend continues in 2023 with plenty of scary stories onstage. Several companies are...
by April Deocariza | Oct 25, 2022 | News, The Latest
Ballet is no stranger to the supernatural. Whether it’s the wilis of Giselle or the sylphs in La Sylphide, ballet productions have dabbled in the world of spirits for centuries. Now, ballet companies are leveraging the excitement of Halloween to drive today’s...
by Dance Spirit | Oct 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
When people think ballet, they think elegance and grace—pretty tutus and pink shoes. Yet the plots of some of the most famous ballets could rival any Hollywood horror flick. Most ballet companies have their Nutcracker in the wintertime, and a fun story ballet in...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 31, 2019 | Profiles
We might be biased, but we think that ballet dancers are unusually good at Halloween. After all, they wear costumes for a living, are familiar with elaborate hair and makeup techniques and own leotards in most colors of the rainbow (the perfect base for any costume)....
by Helen Hope | Oct 17, 2018 | Editors' List: The Goods
As of today, there are only 13 nights until the spoOoOokiest evening of the year—and just 1 week left, if you’re planning to dress up over Halloweekend. Do you have your costume(s) yet? No judgment—and no worries!—if the answer is no, because...
by Helen Hope | Oct 17, 2018 | Editors' List: The Goods
As of today, there are only 13 nights until the spoOoOokiest evening of the year—and just 1 week left, if you’re planning to dress up over Halloweekend. Do you have your costume(s) yet? No judgment—and no worries!—if the answer is no, because...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 31, 2017 | Career, Profiles, Trending
For dancers, every day is like Halloween. You don’t have to wait until October to try on new personas and elaborate costumes. But that certainly didn’t stop the ballet world from going full out yesterday. We rounded up some of our favorites across...