by Claudia Bauer | Nov 5, 2019 | Career, Training, Trending
“I was living my dream, but I wasn’t happy,” recalls Alexandra Pullen. Since starting ballet at age 5, the Chicago native aspired to join American Ballet Theatre and dance the roles her mother, Ellen Krafft, had performed there a generation before....
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 2, 2019 | Dance Spirit, Profiles, Trending, Viral Videos
Miko Fogarty is no stranger to the spotlight. But when the former comp star and Birmingham Royal Ballet dancer took the stage at University of California, Berkeley last month, it wasn’t in a tutu and pointe shoes. Instead Fogarty, dressed smartly in a black...
by Margaret Fuhrer for Dance Spirit | Jan 3, 2019 | News
Back in 2015, gorgeous ballerina Miko Fogarty was on top of the ballet world (and on the cover of Dance Spirit). After starring in the 2011 dance doc First Position, she’d racked up numerous competition titles, achieved social media stardom, and earned a...
by Claudia Bauer | Aug 16, 2018 | Career, News, Profiles, Trending
Where in the world is Miko Fogarty? Just three years ago, she seemed unstoppable. After being featured in the 2011 ballet documentary First Position, she became a teenage social-media star, winning top prizes at competitions in Moscow and Varna and at Youth American...