by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 11, 2018 | News
Last spring American Ballet Theatre artistic director Kevin McKenzie announced the company’s Women’s Movement, a multi-year initiative to support the creation of new work by female choreographers. ABT’s fall season, running October 17–28 at...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 13, 2018 | Career, News, Profiles
Have you ever dreamt of the chance to choreograph for American Ballet Theatre? Thanks to ABT Incubator, the company’s newly launched choreographic initiative directed by company principal (and recent author) David Hallberg, that wish could become a reality this...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 5, 2018 | News, Profiles
On March 14, The Washington Ballet will present a triptych of new works by Marcelo Gomes, Gemma Bond and Clifton Brown. “What I found really interesting with these three is that they’re all still performers,” says TWB artistic director Julie Kent....
by Hanna Rubin | Feb 23, 2017 | Company Life
Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky will have world premieres on two coasts this winter. On February 10, Miami City Ballet will debut his new one-act version of The Fairy’s Kiss to Stravinsky’s celebrated score, a homage to Tchaikovsky. The following month, on...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Feb 23, 2017 | Company Life
Jessica Lang is equally comfortable creating work for high-profile ballet companies and her own contemporary troupe. Her latest work for Pacific Northwest Ballet, Her Door to the Sky, premiered at Jacob’s Pillow last August, but will have its West Coast run...
by Pointe Magazine | May 18, 2016 | Company Life
For the last two years, Ballet West’s Emily Adams choreographed for the company’s Innovations program. Now, she’s standing on the other side of the studio, preparing to dance in Jessica Lang’s Lyric Pieces. Adams spoke with Pointe about working...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Since 1997, American Ballet Theatre’s ” Make a Ballet” program has offered NYC schoolchildren the opportunity to design and produce original performance pieces. This year, renowned choreographer Jessica Lang helped students from the Frank Sinatra...