by Rebecca Corey | May 18, 2026 | Career, Onstage, Pointe+, Profiles
When Megan Fairchild gives her final performance with New York City Ballet on May 24, she’ll likely do so to the sound of thunderous applause…and peals of laughter. It’s a side of the audience that the principal dancer says she loves engaging with. Fairchild was just...
by Kyra Laubacher | Apr 8, 2025 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in your April 2025 roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments On March 16, Philadelphia Ballet artistic director Angel...
by Linnea Swarting | Jul 12, 2024 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
“It is chaotic, but I love my life,” says New York City Ballet principal dancer Megan Fairchild. She and her husband are raising three children (including a set of twins) while they both work full-time. “When I was pregnant, I was nervous about how my life would...
by April Deocariza | Jul 20, 2021 | The Latest
2021 is quickly becoming the year of ballet-book releases, and New York City Ballet fans have double the reason to be excited. Two of the company’s leading women have chronicled their respective journeys in publications hitting shelves this year. Soloist Georgina...
by Sophie Robertson For Dance Spirit | Mar 3, 2020 | Technique, Training
As a teacher and choreographer, George Balanchine—founder of the School of American Ballet and New York City Ballet—finessed even the smallest details. And in his technique, extra-special attention is paid to the carriage of the head, which is both unique...
by Madeline Schrock For Dance Magazine | Sep 5, 2019 | Profiles
When you hear names like Maria Kochetkova, Sutton Foster and Robbie Fairchild, you immediately picture flashes of them as the fully-formed, phenomenal performers they are today. But even when they were kids, they had a glimmer of their future star power, giving a...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 15, 2018 | News
The New York Times reports that a two-month long investigation into sexual harassment and physical abuse allegations against Peter Martins, New York City Ballet’s former ballet master in chief, has found that the accusations could not be corroborated. In...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Jan 10, 2018 | Profiles
Ask the Paris Opéra Ballet, the New York City Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet to share a stage, with each performing one act of Balanchine’s Jewels, and you might expect a degree of friendly (or less-than-friendly) competition. But as POB gave its...