by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 26, 2018 | Profiles, Trending
You might be used to throwing on a leotard, tights and warm-ups each day, but now it’s summer, and your schedule is different. Whether you’re trying to dress to impress for a day off at your intensive or you’re packing for a much-needed vacation...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 7, 2016 | Company Life
In 2012, Keenan Kampa made history as the first American to join Russia’s Mariinsky Ballet. While technically a coryphée, she danced both soloist and principal roles. But in 2014, the Vaganova Academy graduate made a bold move—she quit the company...
by Suzannah Friscia | Feb 18, 2016 | Company Life
Courtesy High Strung A long time ago, we heard about a new dance movie in the works starring former Mariinsky Ballet dancer (and style icon) Keenan Kampa. But it was unclear when we’d get to see Kampa make her acting debut. Now we can happily confirm that High...
by Suzannah Friscia | Sep 29, 2015 | Profiles, Studio to Street
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2015 issue of Pointe. Keenan Kampa counts Alexa Chung and Iris Apfel among her fashion inspirations, but her favorite style icon is someone she considers one of her best friends. “Not to be weird,” she...
by Ashley Rivers | Jul 11, 2011 | Company Life
In company class at Boston Ballet, Keenan Kampa moves with the purity and nobility of a classical Russian dancer. In adagio, the long-limbed corps member seems most at ease with her leg by her ear, yet during grand allégro she leaps gracefully across the...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
There’s a new dance movie in the works: Dave Scott, of the “So You Think You Can Dance” and Step Up families—is choreographing High Strung, a film about a ballet dancer from the Midwest who moves to New York City to attend a prestigious school on...