by Catie Robinson | Sep 16, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
With a wish list of companies and performers in mind, Stanford Makishi, the vice president and artistic director of dance at New York City Center, works with his team to solve the puzzle that is creating its annual Fall for Dance Festival. How they do so is simpler...
by Lauren Wingenroth | Apr 13, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
It’s hard to believe it was just 10 years ago when Dance Theatre of Harlem, on hiatus for nearly a decade due to financial troubles, was reborn under the leadership of former star ballerina Virginia Johnson. “When Arthur Mitchell told me that I had to come back as...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jan 16, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
For several years now, The Royal Ballet principal and international guest artist Natalia Osipova has struck out on her own to curate her own collaborative programs. On Saturday, January 21, she’s returning to the U.S. with her latest one: the American premiere of...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 17, 2022 | News, The Latest
It’s hard to believe that 22 years have gone by since Pointe first came into being. On June 11, we fulfilled a big dream of ours: to bring the ballet community together, in person, for a daylong event celebrating Pointe’s anniversary and our beloved artform. (Thanks...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 14, 2020 | Profiles, The Latest, Viral Videos
Have you ever wished you could pull back the curtain and watch some of our country’s most beloved ballerinas being coached? With the coronavirus pandemic keeping theaters closed for the foreseeable future, NYCC has moved its popular Studio 5...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Mar 11, 2019 | Profiles
It was only a matter of time before dance super couple Sara Mearns and Joshua Bergasse did a major project together. After all, the newlyweds first met when Mearns, a New York City Ballet star, was being considered for a part on the TV show “Smash,” which...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 25, 2019 | Career
On a crisp day in late October, the studio air is thick and hot as dozens of sweaty dancers finish up grand allégro at New York City Center. Despite the fact that many of them are jet-lagged, there is a palpable, positive energy throughout the studio. Teaching class...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 25, 2018 | News
In 1948, George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein founded New York City Ballet at New York City Center. This year, in honor of its 75th anniversary, City Center is bringing together eight companies—American Ballet Theatre, The Joffrey Ballet, Mariinsky Ballet,...