by Kyra Laubacher | Jul 7, 2023 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of career news—check out the latest dancer farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in this month’s roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments Miami City Ballet’s Dawn Atkins has been promoted to principal,...
by Joseph Carman | Dec 2, 2020 | Career, Company Life, Instagram
Most people associate Las Vegas with “the Strip,” where tourists enter a fantasy universe of blackjack, Cher shows and cocktails. But beyond the razzle-dazzle is a metropolitan area of more than 2 million with its own ballet company, Nevada Ballet Theatre....
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 21, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Houston Ballet Tours to Dubai This week Houston Ballet heads a little farther afield than usual. October 24-27 the company tours to Dubai, making them the first...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 30, 2018 | News
Fall for Dance Festival Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Fall for Dance Festival Includes Three Ballet World Premieres 2018 marks the 15th anniversary of New York City Center’s Fall for Dance...
by Josephine Lee | Sep 13, 2018 | Career, Training, Viral Videos
Earlier this summer, we followed master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based The Pointe Shop as she made her on a pointe shoe fitting tour around the West Coast and California. Now she’s back, this time on a 45-day tour from California to...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Apr 29, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. New York City Ballet’s Jerome Robbins Festival Opens with World Premiere by Justin Peck This week marks the start of NYCB’s Robbins 100 festival, running May...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 12, 2018 | Career, News
In October, Nevada Ballet Theatre announced that Roy Kaiser, the former longtime artistic director of Pennsylvania Ballet, was heading west to take the helm of the 35-member, Las Vegas–based company previously led by James Canfield. Kaiser took over in the midst...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
In 2014 the dance world was surprised when longtime Pennsylvania Ballet artistic director Roy Kaiser stepped down. It was announced yesterday that Kaiser will be rising to the helm again as the Las Vegas-based Nevada Ballet Theatre’s new artistic director,...