by Jennifer Heimlich | Feb 19, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
In a studio rehearsal for Boston Ballet’s new Raymonda, principals Ji Young Chae and Jeffrey Cirio run through the dream scene pas de deux with a liquid elegance that camouflages their heavy breathing. It’s only when the music stops and Cirio puts his hands on his...
by Pointe Magazine | Dec 26, 2022 | News, The Latest
Every December we’ve asked our writers to look back on some of the most memorable performances they’ve seen during the year. But with pandemic-related interruptions, cancellations and postponements keeping dancers offstage, we had to take a two-year hiatus. That’s why...
by Jeffrey Cirio as told to April Deocariza | Feb 18, 2022 | Onstage, Profiles
Creature, Akram Khan’s third collaboration with English National Ballet, takes audiences to a crumbling Arctic research station, where the title character has been forced into a new experimental program by the military. They test his mental and physical capacity for...
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 Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 19, 2018 | Career, News, Profiles
Promotions season is well underway. Earlier this spring we covered exciting changes at Boston Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet; now we’re back with news from six more companies—English National Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Miami...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 4, 2018 | News, Training, Trending
If you are a dancer in high school, listen up! The National YoungArts Foundation has announced that now, through October 12, it is accepting applications to become a 2019 YoungArts winner. Every year the foundation identifies talented teenage artists across multiple...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 11, 2017 | News
Hollywood may have the Oscars, but ballet has the Benois de la Danse. The glamorous awards ceremony, held each year at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, recognizes the year’s best dancers and choreographers around the globe. The 2017 nominees were announced...
by Suzannah Friscia | Aug 18, 2016 | Company Life
For aspiring dancemakers who dream of seeing their work performed in a professional setting, the Joffrey Ballet’s seventh annual Winning Works competition is an opportunity you’ll want to take note of. Jeffrey Cirio in Paul Taylor’s Company B. Photo...
