by Oksana Khadarina | Jan 6, 2021 | Instagram
The coronavirus pandemic has not slowed down the Mariinsky Ballet’s Maria Khoreva. Although Russia’s Mariinsky Theater was closed in 2020 from March until August, the 20-year-old first soloist used the time in quarantine to her advantage. She wrote a newly...
by Laura Cappelle | Nov 27, 2017 | Profiles
This is Pointe’s December 2017/January 2018 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. Few ballets are as unforgiving for a young dancer as Swan Lake. Both Odette’s heartbreak and Odile’s deceit of...
by As Told To Amy Brandt | Mar 31, 2016 | Profiles, Technique
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2016 issue of Pointe. The Dying Swan, choreographed by Michel Fokine for Anna Pavlova, is a short but powerful solo often reserved for the most revered ballerinas. Mariinsky Ballet principal Uliana Lopatkina shares the...
by Laura Cappelle | Nov 29, 2015 | Profiles
This is Pointe’s December 2015/January 2016 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. A rehearsal for Balanchine’s “Diamonds” is getting underway in St. Petersburg, and Kristina Shapran is...
by Laura Cappelle | Nov 24, 2015 | Career, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. Russia is often perceived as a closed book from abroad, and ballet is no exception. Though David Hallberg joined the Bolshoi Ballet in 2011, the country’s top companies have been...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 28, 2001 | Everything "Nutcracker", TBT
For ballet dancers, Christmastime means The Nutcracker—and endless weeks of rehearsals and performances. By the time the New Year arrives, we can stand to wait 10 more months for the next round to begin. But despite its relentless repetition, The Nutcracker remains...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
A great ballerina holds an immense amount of power: She can adopt any role and become another being, using movement as the ultimate means of expression. Some of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century have honed this skill, but few have become as powerful an icon...
