by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 31, 2017 | Career, Profiles, Trending
For dancers, every day is like Halloween. You don’t have to wait until October to try on new personas and elaborate costumes. But that certainly didn’t stop the ballet world from going full out yesterday. We rounded up some of our favorites across...
by Hannah Chang Foster | May 25, 2016 | Company Life
Pop quiz: which ballet looks just like Giselle, La Bayadère’s Kingdom of Shades and La Sylphide’s forest scene, but has little in common with any of them? Hint: it’s often confused with the last ballet on that list. Les Sylphides , originally named...
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 Pointe Magazine | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
One could argue that Natalia Makarova’s career never ceased to flourish—from joining the Kirov Ballet in 1959, to winning a Tony award in the Broadway performance of On Your Toes in 1983. She never left audiences unsatisfied, traveling as a guest artist...
