by Michael Henry Shavelle | Jul 3, 2025 | TBT
It is rare to see a complete ballet starring just one dancer. Jerome Robbins’ A Suite of Dances is a series of solos set to a single cello arrangement by Bach. Originally choreographed on Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1994, the work encompasses the naturalistic, witty, and...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 20, 2020 | News, The Latest
Former Paris Opéra Ballet etoile Manuel Legris has just been appointed artistic director of La Scala Ballet in Milan. Legris, who has directed the Vienna State Opera Ballet since 2010, posted on his Instagram page that he will assume his new position in December 2020....
by Julia Rosica | Feb 28, 2018 | Profiles, TBT
Throughout the year, ballet companies are celebrating what would be Jerome Robbins’s 100th birthday. One of America’s most prolific and versatile dancemakers, Robbins is often remembered for his choreography for Broadway musicals like West Side Story and...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Jun 8, 2016 | Company Life
The coda in Swan Lake’s second act can be brutal for the ballerina dancing Odette. She barely has time to catch her breath after her variation before coming back onstage to carry the act’s final dramatic minutes. Paris Opéra Ballet étoile Dorothée Gilbert...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
–American Ballet Theatre dancer Cory Stearns was promoted to soloist at the beginning of January, three years after becoming a member of ABT’s corps de ballet. –Manuel Legris will direct the Vienna State Opera’s ballet beginning in 2010, upon retiring as...