by Emma Love Suddarth | Dec 15, 2020 | Career, Everything Nutcracker, Instagram
“What is that?” the TSA agent asked last year when I placed the giant circular bag onto the conveyer belt. “It’s a tutu—for ballet. You know…like The Nutcracker?” I was quick to explain. “Oh, I see. How do you plan on...
by Natalia Boesch | Nov 22, 2016 | Career, Company Life, Everything Nutcracker
Six pros reveal their most creative tricks for making it through everyone’s favorite holiday marathon. Alana Griffith: Artist, Milwaukee Ballet Griffith in rehearsal for Milwaukee Ballet’s “Waltz of the Flowers.” Timothy O’Donnell,...
by Claudia Bauer | Sep 24, 2013 | Company Life
Where would ballet be without villains? Aurora would never sleep, and Odette would never become a swan. Getting cast as one of ballet’s memorable miscreants can help dancers develop new facets of their artistry and explore their dramatic side. Three...