by Julia Guiheen | Mar 20, 2019 | Profiles, TBT
Tamara Rojo joined the elite, though thankfully growing, roster of female ballet company directors seven years ago when she took the helm at English National Ballet. Since then she’s managed the even more uncommon feat of continuing to perform as a leading...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Sep 30, 2015 | Profiles, Technique
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2015 issue of Pointe. Nikiya’s epic “death” solo at the end of La Bayadère’s second act is more than a test of stamina: It’s integral to the ballet’s plot. In it, Nikiya laments her...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
All the ballerinas of the Paris Opéra Ballet are renowned for their crystalline precision, honed in the company’s notoriously rigorous school. But Isabelle Guérin, an étoile with POB from 1983 to 2001, set an especially high standard for technical purity. The...