by Catja Christensen | Jun 18, 2022 | Profiles
This Father’s Day, we want to highlight the dancing father–child duos in the ballet world. When family legacies include generations of dancers, it is exciting to see how the dancing dads support their young ones as they embark on their own ballet journeys. Take a look...
by Nadine Matthews | May 13, 2022 | Career, Profiles, The Latest
If some people are destined for greatness, Baltimore native Jermel Johnson is one of them. Johnson made his way through the renowned Baltimore School for the Arts, then studied at the School of American Ballet, where his teachers included Peter Martins, Peter Boal,...
by Maggie Small | Jan 11, 2021 | Career, Company Life, Instagram
By nature, dancers are dedicated to preparing and rehearsing. Whether thinking ahead by sewing multiple pairs of shoes or making sure their plié is the perfect preparation for a pirouette, they practice forethought with as much regularity as taking daily class....
by Kyra Laubacher | Aug 5, 2020 | News, The Latest
Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet , founded in 2015 by writer and activist Theresa Ruth Howard to preserve and promote the stories of Black ballet dancers, is offering three weekends of interactive education and conversation this month through its 2020 Virtual Symposium....
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 20, 2013 | Company Life
Olga Smirnova Expectations can be a heavy burden to bear for a young dancer on the fast track to stardom. Few have justified the hype like the Bolshoi Ballet’s 21-year-old Olga Smirnova. The Vaganova-trained first soloist had an international coming out party to...