by Kyra Laubacher | Jan 8, 2024 | News, The Latest
Happy New Year, readers! The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of dancer career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in the first ballet roster roundup of 2024. Promotions and Appointments On December 19, Queensland...
by Natalia Boesch | Apr 26, 2023 | Pointe+, Technique, Training
For Diana Byer, founder and artistic director emerita of New York Theatre Ballet and director of the NYTB School, the defining characteristic of Cecchetti training is unification. “The music, the technique, the style: It’s all one,” she says. “To me, that’s what...
by Pointe Magazine | Dec 27, 2022 | News, The Latest
We asked for your favorite performances this year, and you delivered! 2022 was filled with outstanding onstage moments that left an impression on our readers. While classics like Dracula and Swan Lake were especially popular this year, a variety of performances by...
by Lauren Wingenroth | Sep 15, 2022 | The Latest
Steven Melendez’s life sounds like stuff from which movies are made: While living in a homeless shelter in the Bronx as a child, Melendez discovered ballet through New York Theatre Ballet’s LIFT program, which provides scholarships to at-risk children. After an...
by Julia Guiheen | May 3, 2022 | News, Profiles
“Empty your minds. Only think about the music,” Diana Byer instructs her class of 10- to 13-year-olds on a recent Saturday afternoon. We’re standing in her studio at Dancespace, on the second floor of New York City’s St. Mark’s Church, set back from the bustle...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 10, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. PNB’s Director’s Choice Program Features Two World Premieres Pacific Northwest Ballet’s second mixed bill of the season, running March 15-24, features...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 13, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. ABT Met Opera Season Opens with Giselle This week American Ballet Theatre moves into the Metropolitan Opera House for their annual 8-week season. From Alexei...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Apr 22, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. NYCB Spring Season Opens NYCB’s 2018 Spring Season opens on April 24. The next six weeks are filled with all of what NYCB has to offer including classic works by...