by Laura Jaye Cramer | Feb 3, 2020 | Dance Spirit, News, The Latest
Last October, Michelle Lebowski was watching her peers during an open class at Santa Monica’s famed Westside School of Ballet when a thought began to weigh on her mind: “I have a lot of beautiful friends who are really talented dancers,” she says....
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 25, 2018 | News, Viral Videos
It goes without saying: We love dance films. Particularly when their creation is inspired by dancers themselves. When Royal Danish Ballet soloist Magnus Christoffersen, currently with Los Angeles Ballet, approached filmmaker Jason Silva with an idea in mind, Silva...
by Lucy Van Cleef | Sep 1, 2017 | Dancer Spotlight, Inside PT, Profiles
Patricia Zhou’s haunting interpretation of Nacho Duato’s Herrumbre is profound—her liquid movement and supernatural musicality reveal a maturity well beyond her 23 years. “It’s emotionally draining to give so much onstage,” she...
by Claudia Bauer | Oct 20, 2016 | News
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2016 issue of Pointe. After 40 years in Europe, choreographer William Forsythe recently put down stateside roots as a professor at the University of Southern California’s new Glorya Kaufman School of Dance....
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jul 18, 2016 | Company Life
Benjamin Millepied, who briefly helmed the Paris Opéra Ballet, finished his duties with the company on July 15. He will return to L.A. to focus his energy on his contemporary dance company, L.A. Dance Project, which has its Joyce Theater debut this month....
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Imagine a world where talent is seen as a threat to society. The beautiful wear masks, the intelligent have earpieces that muddle their thoughts—and ballerinas are grounded by heavy weights. This is the premise of 2081, a 28-minute film based on a short story by Kurt...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Los Angeles is getting all the best dance news lately. Just weeks after the premiere of Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project, University of Southern California announced that it will launch its own dance department in 2015, in a brand new building that will...