by Kyra Laubacher | Mar 14, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Few young ballet dancers get to share the stage with international stars like Daniil Simkin and Iana Salenko. That opportunity is even less likely for students who don’t live in dance hubs like New York City or San Francisco. But for a lucky group of 15- to...
by Sarah McKenna Barry | Nov 25, 2024 | Career, Company Life, Everything "Nutcracker", Pointe+
Even to those on the periphery of the ballet world, The Nutcracker’s Sugar Plum Fairy is a familiar character. She appears on Christmas ornaments, wrapping paper, and on the pages of children’s storybooks. The celesta music that accompanies her variation is used in...
by Jennifer Heimlich for Dance Magazine | Jun 13, 2024 | Cross-Training, Health & Body, Wellness
I’m standing next to a counter in my basement, trying to take a virtual barre taught by New York City Ballet principal Indiana Woodward. But her gorgeously flowy port de bras are totally distracting me. I decide to take a quick break and just enjoy watching her for a...
by Haley Hilton | May 10, 2023 | Career, Pointe+, Training
New York City Ballet principal Indiana Woodward remembers feeling equal parts nervous and excited during her dress rehearsal as Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty this past winter season. It’s a challenging role, and when she began the sequence of attitude promenades and...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 8, 2021 | The Latest
Thursday night, New York City Ballet officially announced the promotions of three dancers: soloists Unity Phelan and Indiana Woodward to principal, and corps de ballet member Roman Mejia to soloist. The news comes as several of the company’s principal dancers—Abi...
by Barry Kerollis | Jun 15, 2020 | Career, Profiles
We all know that pursuing a ballet career involves sacrifice, whether that means giving up social gatherings, school dances or other hallmarks of a common childhood. Many teenagers make an especially significant sacrifice: moving away from home to attend a finishing...
by Pointe Magazine | Jan 5, 2020 | Career, Profiles
Read on for our 12 Standout Performances of 2019. Click the titles and photos to learn more! Miami City Ballet’s Katia Carranza in “Duo Concertante” Miami City Ballet principal Katia Carranza “turned every choreographic facet into a...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Dec 22, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
In the middle of Pam Tanowitz’s Bartók Ballet for New York City Ballet, Indiana Woodward flew into a quicksilver sequence of turns and jumps, but was repeatedly carried off by her male cast mates. She calmly reemerged each time, continuing on as if...