by Kyra Laubacher for Dance Magazine | Apr 7, 2023 | News, The Latest
You may recognize freelance ballerina Madison Keesler from her former positions with San Francisco Ballet, English National Ballet, and Hamburg Ballet. But this Tuesday, April 11, at 9 pm EST, you may be surprised to see her on television as a guest star in...
by Claudia Bauer | Oct 9, 2019 | Career, Higher Ed, Profiles, Training, Trending
Claire Sheridan wanted to change the status quo. Leading up to the 1990s, she recalls, “there was a ‘shut up and dance’ mind-set,” and as the founder of the dance program at St. Mary’s College of California and a longtime teacher in...
by Claudia Bauer | May 5, 2019 | News, Profiles, Trending
San Francisco Ballet has announced its 2019 company promotions, and artistic director Helgi Tomasson has elevated five talented young artists who all started in the company’s corps de ballet. With several world premieres along with Balanchine’s A Midsummer...
by Nancy Wozny | Mar 11, 2018 | Career, Company Life
Taking a lower rank at a new company can feel risky. But whether you’re breaking out of your comfort zone, yearning for bigger challenges or finding a better company fit, you can make a successful transition. Here are three ballerinas whose recent moves have...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 21, 2017 | Profiles
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, chances are that you experienced the eclipse-mania that took over the country yesterday. Thousands flocked to the 70-mile-wide path of totality (the path of the moon’s shadow), which stretched from Oregon to South...