by Amy Brandt | Apr 1, 2019 | News, Profiles
Boston Ballet announced some happy news this morning: seven dancers have been promoted! The company named three to soloist and four to demi-soloist for the 2019-20 season. “I am excited to see how they continue to grow as dancers in the upcoming season with its...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 13, 2017 | News
Boston Ballet might be the new United Nations. The company’s 2017-2018 roster was announced this morning, and the 65 dancers are representative of 15 different nationalities. Which countries are present at this ballet roundtable? Albania, Australia, Brazil,...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 16, 2017 | Company Life
When Boston Ballet announced its partnership with choreographer William Forsythe last year, it named his full-length Artifact as its first new acquisition. Created in 1984, Artifact is considered by many to be Forsythe’s greatest masterpiece, yet it has never...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
This week, Boston Ballet hosts its first-ever Choreographic Intensive in Marblehead, MA. Student Leah Hirsch will be blogging daily from the Intensive for Pointe. Read Leah’s first entries here, here and here, and stay tuned for more! Dancing and writing...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Audition season is one of the most grueling parts of a dancer’s year. But don’t let cattle call burnout keep you from getting into the company of your dreams. To offer a dose of inspiration, Pointe peeked inside an open call for Boston Ballet and picked...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
It’s spring showcase season, and every student has the same fantasy: Being seen by a director, and promptly offered a contract. For Hannah Keene, that fantasy came true after she performed as a Boston Ballet trainee in the school’s Next Generation concert...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The role of artistic director sounds like a dreamy career. They get to choreograph, choose company repertoire and watch beautiful dancers all day long. But as it turns out, the job isn’t all rainbows and unicorns. What a lot of dancers don’t understand...