by Madeline Schrock | May 31, 2016 | Company Life
Photo by Angela Sterling, Courtesy PNB. When Kylee Kitchens joined Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2000 at just 19, she was admittedly not the self-assured performer she is today. Pointe asked her to share some career highlights before she retires to spend time...
by Julie Diana | Jun 1, 2015 | Career, Profiles, Technique
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. The woman’s role in Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun is surprisingly hard. The plot seems straightforward enough: two dancers happen upon each other in a studio. But the character,...
by Ashley Rivers | Mar 19, 2013 | Career, Profiles
From the moment she gets her first company contract, every corps de ballet dancer dreams of moving up through the ranks. A lucky few are promoted quickly. But more often, corps members must work for many seasons before the title of “soloist” finally comes...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 29, 2010 | Company Life
Last spring, as American Ballet Theatre began rehearsals for its Metropolitan Opera House run of La Bayadère, someone important was missing. All the Nikiyas and Gamzattis were in the studio; no Solor or Bronze Idol was unaccounted for. But Marian Butler, a member of...