by Caroline Hamilton | Feb 18, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
Traditionally, ballet costumes are made to have a life of 20 to 30 years. But they sometimes remain in use for much longer, being worn and altered to fit dozens of dancers. Multiple rows of hooks and bars show this progression, but it’s more apparent inside the...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 11, 2019 | Health & Body, Summer Study
Houston Ballet principal Jessica Collado recalls dancing Giselle’s Myrtha on an outdoor stage in the thick of a Texan summer. “At the beginning of the act my shoes still had some life in them, but when I bourréed off to go to my grave at the end, there was...
by Dance Magazine | Feb 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Katherine Barkman’s career reads like a storybook: At 18, she left Pennsylvania and moved to the Philippines to become a principal at Ballet Manila. She danced Juliet, Giselle, Odette/Odile and Kitri, but three years in, it was time for new challenges. Late last...
by Amy Brandt | Jul 31, 2018 | News, Trending
Every two years, dancers from all over the world head to the Bulgarian coastal city of Varna to try their luck at the Varna International Ballet competition. Established in 1964, the competition famously takes place at a leafy outdoor theater near the Black Sea, and...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 22, 2018 | News, Profiles
It’s been an exciting two weeks here in Jackson, Mississippi, as 119 dancers from 19 countries have competed for medals, monetary awards, scholarships and company contracts at the USA International Ballet Competition. But the IBC has offered more than...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 18, 2018 | News, Profiles
On June 10, 119 dancers from 19 countries gathered in Jackson, MS to compete in the USA International Ballet Competition. Today, the USA IBC announced the list of 32 finalists, who will compete for medals and cash awards in Round III, held June 19-21. All of the...
by Julie Diana Hench | Sep 26, 2017 | Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
At age 18, Katherine Barkman packed her bags to move nearly halfway around the world after receiving an email from Ballet Manila’s artistic director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde. A competition dancer with no professional experience, Barkman submitted a video to...