by Amy Brandt | Aug 25, 2015 | Company Life
Some of ballet’s biggest stars have donated signed pointe shoes to raise money for victims of last April’s horrific earthquake in Nepal. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed over 9,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. And while the disaster...
by Merilyn Jackson | Aug 1, 2009 | Company Life
At 14, Michaela DePrince is all business: fiercely focused on her goal to dance with a company that balances classical and contemporary. To get there, she’s training at The Rock School for Dance Education. “It’s hard to keep a summer intensive pace all year long, but...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Misty Copeland isn’t the only ballerina to grace the glossy pages of mainstream magazines these days. The August issue of Glamour magazine features First Position star and Dutch National Ballet coryphée Michaela DePrince and her remarkable story. DePrince’s childhood...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Michaela DePrince, the aspiring ballerina made famous in the documentary First Position, has grown up into an elegant and successful dancer. She’s now performing with the Dutch National Ballet. MGM recently announced that the company has bought the rights to...
