by Pointe Magazine | Jun 14, 2020 | Career, Profiles
In addition to cancelled shows, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted final performances for many retiring dancers. To give them a chance to reflect on their careers and offer advice to the next generation, we compiled a collection of interviews with seven company...
by Steve Sucato | May 26, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
In addition to cancelled shows, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted final performances for many retiring dancers. This week, Pointe is giving several retiring principals and soloists a chance to reflect on their careers and offer advice to the next generation....
by Hannah Chang Foster | Apr 24, 2019 | Career
Pre-professional ballet students know this to be true: Training comes first; everything else fits when—or if—it can. Are the sacrifices pre-professional ballet dancers make to pursue a highly competitive career worth it? Four professionals weigh in. Jim...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 6, 2019 | News, Profiles
Nashville Ballet’s Kayla Rowser has performed a long list of leading roles: Aurora, Odette/Odile, Sugar Plum Fairy, the Firebird. But this weekend, Rowser takes on a new one created especially for her: the famous Dark Lady of William Shakespeare’s sonnets,...
by Rachel Hellwig | Aug 28, 2018 | Career, Profiles, Training, Trending
Ballet schools are back in session and dancers are preparing to be back in class with all of its exhilaration, magic, and, of course, struggle. Today, four dancers reveal what they found challenging as ballet students and how they now look at their technique as...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 20, 2017 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles, Show and Tell
Dancers are famously resourceful and particular when it comes to the products that they keep around to get them through the day. And we all know where those items live: the dance bag. While most dance bags are filled with basics like leotards, pointe shoes, Therabands...
by Amy Brandt | May 31, 2016 | Profiles, Show and Tell
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2016 issue of Pointe. Nashville Ballet dancer Kayla Rowser is one organized woman—her teal Lug bag is full of compartments. “That’s why I love it,” says Rowser. “I need a pocket for every...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
From now until mid-October, Nashville Ballet’s Kayla Rowser will be putting the final touches on her role of a lifetime. This month, she’ll dance her first Odette/Odile in the company’s Swan Lake (Oct. 17-19). In our bi-weekly newsletter, Pointe...