by Courtney Escoyne | Apr 28, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Jennifer Archibald has had an uncommonly busy year, with nine separate commissions set to premiere by the end of this season. Next on the docket is Maslow’s Peak, a full-length for Philadelphia’s BalletX inspired by the themes of Lord of the Flies, William Golding’s...
by Kyra Laubacher | Oct 23, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
In a large studio at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, corps member Amanda Morgan penchés forward slowly. Her hands pad across the floor quietly, searching, then her partner gently lifts her to her feet. She takes uncertain steps forward on pointe, blinded by her partner’s...
by Claudia Bauer | Aug 4, 2020 | Dance Magazine, Instagram, News, The Latest
The COVID-19 pandemic claimed another ballet casualty on July 24, when Sacramento Ballet announced it was cancelling its 2020-21 season and laying off artistic director Amy Seiwert after just two years. In a statement, the company cited “public health concerns...
by Steve Sucato | Sep 2, 2017 | Dancer Spotlight, Features, Inside PT, Profiles
Plucked from its second company to star as Olga in Tulsa Ballet’s 2016 production of Onegin, Tomoka Kawazoe offered the kind of classic story-ballet sweetness that audiences love. Yet the 19-year-old Tokyo native is equally adept in contemporary works. She wowed...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 20, 2017 | Career
Choreographer Diane Coburn Bruning has a different kind of vision for her Chamber Dance Project. Though she relocated the project-based company from New York City to Washington, DC several years ago, her focus remains on creating collaborations between...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Apr 19, 2017 | News
Cincinnati Ballet’s Kaplan New Works series, which runs April 20–29, is an institution at the midwestern company. Now in its 12th year, and sixth season presenting an all-female lineup, it has positioned itself at the forefront of a global conversation...