by Lucy Spencer Mason | Jul 21, 2026 | News, Onstage, The Latest
This month, the Paris Opéra Junior Ballet will make its U.S. debut in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. As part of an annual summer gala held by the dance education organization Dancers’ Workshop, the Junior Ballet will perform an exciting mixed bill on July 23 and 24 at Jackson...
by Julia Rosica | Jun 24, 2020 | Viral Videos
Yuan Yuan Tan and José Martínez both left their respective homes in China and Spain as teens to join top ballet companies. Tan was quickly made a principal at San Francisco Ballet and Martínez rose to étoile at the Paris Opéra Ballet, both becoming sought-after...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Apr 4, 2018 | Profiles, TBT
Updated 11/8/22. Is there anything more heart-wrenching than a tale of doomed lovers? It’s no wonder that so many enduring ballets don’t end in happy embraces. John Neumeier’s modern Sylvia plumbs the depths of the story for its most melancholy...
by Laura Cappelle | Jun 1, 2015 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. As the Compañía Nacional de Danza moved nimbly between Alejandro Cerrudo’s sleek style and Mats Ek’s earthiness in Paris last winter, it was hard to believe that just five...