by Amy Brandt | Nov 20, 2017 | Everything "Nutcracker"
Nutcracker season is upon us, with productions popping up in on stages in big cities and small towns around the country. But this year you can catch New York City Ballet’s famous version on the silver screen, too. Lincoln Center at the Movies and Screen Vision...
by Amy Brandt | May 17, 2017 | Company Life
In November, Lincoln Center announced that three of the world’s biggest companies—New York City Ballet, Paris Opéra Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet—would present a collaborative performance of George Balanchine’s Jewels July 20–23 in...
by Suzannah Friscia | Feb 16, 2017 | Company Life
When New York City Ballet went on a three-week tour to Paris last summer, we wished we could tag along. The company presented 20 ballets at the historic Théâtre du Châtelet, including 14 by Balanchine. Thanks to PBS and their Great Performances...
by Suzannah Friscia | Oct 6, 2016 | Company Life
Lately, it seems like mentorship is having something of a moment: Many pro dancers are coming up with creative ways to give back to the dance community and act as a resource for young students striving to reach the top. Take Kathryn Morgan, who started her own blog...
by Pointe Magazine | Oct 1, 2016 | Company Life
Do you prefer the consistency of doing the same show eight times a week or the variety of mixed rep? I like both. I’m a creature of habit, so I completely took to the Broadway lifestyle. What’s nice about it is that you know your show: you know the little...
by Natalia Boesch | Jul 31, 2016 | Career, Profiles, Reverence
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2016 issue of Pointe. You took a year off to perform on Broadway as Ivy Smith in On the Town. What did you learn from that experience? If I’m not being classical I can be kind of a goofy dancer, so it was a...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 29, 2016 | Company Life
Ballet dancers are nothing if not enterprising, and Rebecca King is certainly one of the most ambitious. The Miami City Ballet corps member has long been something of a social media maven—she helped coordinate an Instagram campaign for MCB and even started her...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Jun 23, 2016 | Company Life
If you haven’t seen Christopher Wheeldon’s Tony Award winning musical An American in Paris yet, you better hop to it. The hugely successful Broadway production closes on January 1, 2017 after a nearly two-year long run. Don’t panic if you can’t...