by Sasha De Sola and Julia Rowe | Nov 13, 2024 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+
Going on tour can be one of the most exciting aspects of a dancer’s career—it’s not only an opportunity to visit new cities and perform for new audiences, it’s a wonderful way to make lasting memories with colleagues. In October, San Francisco Ballet made its first...
by Gavin Larsen | Jul 5, 2024 | Pointe+, Summer Study, Training
Summer programs offer lots of exciting new experiences, including the chance to meet other students as passionate about ballet as you are. However, when so many enthusiastic, ambitious young dancers come together for a weekslong intensive, there can be less-happy...
by Candice Thompson | Oct 12, 2016 | Career, Higher Ed
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2016 issue of Pointe. Upon high school graduation, dancers are often forced to choose between going to college or pursuing a career right away. Since a dancer’s professional life is short, many who put...
by Amy Brandt | May 24, 2016 | Company Life
As companies’ performance seasons wrap up, news of who’s leaving, joining and rising through the ranks has been landing in our inboxes here at Pointe. In recent weeks, we’ve noted the massive roster changes at Pennsylvania Ballet and Julie...
by Gavin Larsen | Aug 2, 2015 | Career, Training, Wellness
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2015 issue of Pointe. Updated 11/8/22. San Francisco Ballet soloist Julia Rowe’s first run-through of Mark Morris’ intensely complicated ballet Maelstrom did not go the way she’d planned. “I went...
by Pointe Magazine | Jul 31, 2014 | Profiles
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2014 issue of Pointe. In every corps de ballet there are certain dancers who shine. Here are seven with bright futures ahead. Amanda Assucena, Joffrey Ballet Assucena in Krzystof Pastor’s Romeo & Juliet...