by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The rehearsal studio is a sacred place for dancers. It’s where they assume roles of new and timeless works, transforming their movement to convey the ballets we cherish on stage. This process is intimate and personal, and can reveal a dancer’s ability to become the...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
All the ballerinas of the Paris Opéra Ballet are renowned for their crystalline precision, honed in the company’s notoriously rigorous school. But Isabelle Guérin, an étoile with POB from 1983 to 2001, set an especially high standard for technical purity. The...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
This interview originally appeared in the October 16 Pointe e-newsletter. To sign up for the newsletter, click here. This month, the Joffrey Ballet presents Stanton Welch’s production of La Bayadère for the first time. Pointe’s e-news spoke with...