by Kyra Laubacher | Jul 25, 2023 | News, The Latest, Training
We’re still on cloud nine from our first-ever Pointe Live! Classes and Conversations event. On Saturday, July 22, nearly 70 students from around the country joined us at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center in New York City for a session packed with dancing and...
by Amy Brandt | Mar 7, 2018 | Profiles, TBT
When you think of Egypt, you might not immediately associate it with ballet. But during the late 1950s and 1960s, the country worked hard to establish its own world-class ballet company. With the help of the Soviet Union, Egypt’s then minister of culture Dr....
by Julia Rosica | Jan 3, 2018 | Profiles, Viral Videos
“The Bell Telephone Hour” TV program broadcasted performances of world-class music, opera and ballet to millions of Americans throughout the 1960s. Many of the dance world’s biggest stars frequently appeared on the program. In a 1961 Shakespeare...
by Amy Brandt | Jul 31, 2017 | Career
Between book deals and Under Armour endorsements, her own Barbie doll and a spot at the judges table on NBC’s “World of Dance,” Misty Copeland has been one of the few ballerinas to break into mainstream pop culture. Now she’s conquering the...