by Jennifer Heimlich | Sep 25, 2012 | Company Life
You’ve always suspected that you’re different from your civilian, non-dancer friends. It turns out that science can back you up. According to a study published in PloS Genetics, dancers show consistent differences from the general population in two key genes. One...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Sep 19, 2012 | Company Life
Blisters are like irritating little sisters. While they aren’t truly traumatic or career-threatening, for ballet dancers, they can be an almost constant annoyance, continually nagging at your toes with pinches of pain. So what’s a bunhead to do? Toe...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
When ABT went on a tour to Beijing last month, Pointe asked corps member Katherine Williams (our “Dancer Spotlight” subject from June/July 09) to keep a diary of her experiences. Here’s what she wrote: November 10: Our tour to Beijing is...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The National Ballet of Canada launched its 2009/10 hometown season on November 13 by reviving its long-serving production of The Sleeping Beauty, first staged for the company in 1972 by former Soviet defector and ballet superstar Rudolf Nureyev. A capacity audience at...
by Ashley Rivers | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Congratulations to Luminario Ballet, Pointe’s Editors’ Choice Video of the Month winners for October. Their piece “Bouquet” was choreographed by Michael Smuin, former artistic director of San Francisco ballet, and set by San Francisco Ballet prima Evelyn...
by Ashley Rivers | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Congratulations to Vaganova Ballet Academy, Pointe Viewers’ Choice winners for October. Their video, “Behind the scenes with Eric Conrad, Part I: Partnering Class” features three couples partnering in a classroom setting. Each couple demonstrates excellent...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Ever dream of what it would be like to dance with the Paris Opera Ballet? Frederick Wiseman’s newest film La Danse goes behind the scenes to document every aspect of the company: sweaty, intense rehearsals with etoiles; administrative meetings about fundraisers...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The first time I saw William Forsythe’s choreography I hated it. Passionately. I’d just started at NYU and our choreography class was required to see Ballett Frankfurt out in Brooklyn. Unfortunately, my parents happened to be in town that weekend. But I...
