by Marissa DeSantis | Jul 27, 2017 | Profiles
New York City Ballet’s Tiler Peck makes her curatorial debut this evening at the The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, and she’s brought an all-star dance cast with her to the West Coast. The BalletNow program will run through...
by Marissa DeSantis | Jun 22, 2017 | Profiles
Last fall, Diana Vishneva shocked her NYC following when she announced that she would give her final performance with American Ballet Theatre on June 23, 2017. The Russian-born dancer has been part of ABT since performing in Romeo and Juliet as a guest artist in 2003,...
by Hannah Foster | Nov 8, 2015 | Company Life
James Sofranko in Jerome Robbins’ The Concert (or, the Perils of Everybody). Photo by Erik Tomasson, courtesy of San Francisco Ballet. Who says ballet can’t cure cancer? DanceFAR or “Dance For a Reason”—the brainchild of San Francisco...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 27, 2015 | Company Life
As a dancer, Marcelo Gomes has it all—a magnetic stage presence, impeccable musicality, technique for days and world-renowned partnering skills. But the American Ballet Theatre star has also been gaining ground as a choreographer lately, creating works for...
by Amy Brandt | May 31, 2015 | Career
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. It’s two weeks before the March world premiere of American Ballet Theatre’s The Sleeping Beauty at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California, and principals Diana...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 20, 2014 | Career, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Pointe. Steven McRae Commanding presence: McRae in Ashton’s Rhapsody Tristan Kenton, Courtesy ROH The Royal Ballet’s Steven McRae danced with a power and speed most people would...
by Kristin Schwab | Jan 21, 2014 | Company Life
When it comes to his look outside the studio, American Ballet Theatre principal Marcelo Gomes errs on the formal side. “Now that I’m choreographing, I often have lunch meetings with designers and composers,” he says. “It’s easier to not...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
In the ballet world, great partnerships are rare. The unique chemistry of a splendid ballerina and her attentive partner can hold audiences spellbound. Witnessing a pas de deux by extraordinarily simpatico dancers can fundamentally change the way one perceives ballet....