by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
ABT soloist Simone Messmer is more than your typical bunhead. The girl has pizzazz—an effortless vivacity that’s simply magnetic both onstage and off. So I’m super excited to share that she has been chosen to receive the 2010 Leonore Annenberg Arts...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The Washington Ballet just announced that they will launch a trainee program this fall. Choreographer Carlos Valcarcel will serve as ballet master for the one- to two- year program for pre-preprofessional students ages 17 and older. It’s aimed at students who...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Dayton Ballet in Ohio is launching a new choreography contest. The project will coincide with a music composition contest. Three choreographers will be chosen to create a new work on Dayton Ballet dancers, to a recording of new music by the three chosen composers....
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Nashville Ballet is adding a new element to their second company this fall: a pre-professional training division for advanced dancers looking to hone their skills. The new program is designed as an entry level into the performing division of Nashville Ballet 2. The...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Whether you’re training in an elite academy, a wealthy suburban conservatory or a studio in the middle of Rio de Janiero’s dirt poor favelas, the path to becoming a professional dancer is never easy. A new ballet documentary, Only When I Dance,...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Ah, summer in NYC’s Central Park: Sun, fun and–hundreds of girls in pointe shoes? That was the delightfully incongruous scene this Monday, August 2nd as hundreds of ballerinas gathered in the park in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
If you live in the Winnipeg area, you’re in for a ballet treat to kick off the fall season. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is hosting a free performance on October 4 in honor of it’s late Artistic Director Emeritus Dr. Arnold Spohr, who passed away in April....
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Taking a cue from his friends in fashion, Stephen Petronio is adapting SoHo’s latest trend to dance. Over the past couple of years, “pop-up” stores have flash-filled New York’s empty storefronts for, appearing and then disappearing within just...