by Marina Harss | Feb 15, 2021 | Company Life, Director's Notes, Instagram, News, Profiles, The Latest
On January 1, 2021, Uruguayan ballerina María Riccetto officially became the new director of her national ballet company, Ballet Nacional de Sodre. Seldom has the selection of a new leader felt so apt. Riccetto’s career has been a model of hard work,...
by Marina Harss | Jan 27, 2016 | Career, Profiles, Reverence
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. Why did you return to Uruguay and join the Ballet Nacional Sodre, after being at American Ballet Theatre for nearly 14 years? I’d been a soloist for 10 years and had danced a lot...
by Joseph Carman | May 31, 2010 | Company Life
An artist who, surprisingly, often slips under the radar, she gives some of the company’s most memorable performances. Petite, with long arms and beautifully etched legs and feet, she dances with technical strength and an innately dramatic quality that is palpable....