by Kyra Laubacher | Apr 5, 2024 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of dancer career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in this month’s ballet roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments Bleuenn Battistoni has been promoted to étoile of the...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Feb 19, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
In a studio rehearsal for Boston Ballet’s new Raymonda, principals Ji Young Chae and Jeffrey Cirio run through the dream scene pas de deux with a liquid elegance that camouflages their heavy breathing. It’s only when the music stops and Cirio puts his hands on his...
by Sophie Bress | Oct 16, 2023 | Career, Company Life, Features, News, Pointe+
Three and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic brought the performing arts to a halt, the sector is still on somewhat unstable footing. Regional theater is in crisis across the country, and ticket sales and subscription numbers in the industry at large are...
by Kyra Laubacher | Oct 5, 2023 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in this month’s roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments At Stuttgart Ballet, Henrik Erikson and Gabriel Figueredo have...
by Sarah McKenna Barry | Sep 21, 2023 | News, The Latest
Ten years after the curtain fell on Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino’s “Bunheads,” we learned that the “Gilmore Girls” creator had a second ballet show up her sleeve. Daniel Palladino and Amy Sherman Palladino. Photo courtesy Prime Video. As...
by Nancy Wozny | Sep 14, 2023 | News, The Latest
After 20 years as associate artistic director at Texas Ballet Theater, Tim O’Keefe now sits in the director’s chair. On July 1, 2023, O’Keefe succeeded artistic director Ben Stevenson, who ran the company from 2003–22. Tim O’Keefe. Photo by Steven Visneau,...
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 Nancy Wozny | Apr 14, 2023 | News, The Latest
Vitacca Ballet’s Walsh Studio buzzes with energy as company dancers pound out the driving rhythms of Garrett Smith’s riveting Hypnotic Forces. The new ballet will premiere when Texas’ newest company makes its Houston debut April 20 to 21 at the Midtown Arts and...