by Amy Brandt | Jun 23, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Beloved Czech choreographer Jiří Kylián, now 78, has created over 100 ballets in his lifetime. An early innovator of contemporary ballet, his works can be both humorous and deeply emotional, with favorites like Petite Mort and Forgotten Land performed on company...
by Julia Rosica | May 1, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
From the outside, classical ballet can seem restrictive with its decorum, elaborate costumes and, of course, uncomfortable pointe shoes. Yet as ballet dancers we know that our technique actually allows our bodies to move with incredible freedom. That physical freedom...
by Gavin Larsen | Mar 14, 2019 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
In 1996, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet artistic director Tom Mossbrucker was a veteran Joffrey Ballet dancer with no aspirations to direct a company. But while visiting a Colorado music festival with his partner, Jean-Philippe Malaty, also a dancer, a chance encounter changed...
by Gavin Larsen | Jul 9, 2018 | Profiles, Technique
As told to Gavin Larsen by Whitney Jensen My first time dancing Petite Mort—or any ballet by Jiří Kylián—I was 17 and in the corps of Boston Ballet. I didn’t know it then, but the stager, Roslyn Anderson, was nervous about me doing it because I was so young. I...
by Anna Maples | Jul 8, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Three World Premieres at BalletX Philadelphia Summer Series Fresh off the heels of its Joyce Ballet Festival performances in New York, BalletX is launching its Summer Series...
by Anna Maples | Jul 1, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. ABT Wraps Up Its Met Season with Whipped Cream American Ballet Theatre’s eight-week summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House, will wrap up this Saturday. From...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Apr 9, 2018 | Career
Romantic couples within the dance world are fairly common; it’s not surprising that a dancer might find a deeper connection with another who appreciates ballet’s unique triumphs and trials (not to mention someone else who doesn’t mind eating dinner...
by Laura Cappelle | Sep 25, 2017 | Career, Company Life
One of the first things you notice about Ingrid Lorentzen is her laugh—the Norwegian National Ballet director exudes warmth. It’s obvious why, in 2012, she was appointed for the job, despite the fact that she was a leading dancer at NNB with little...