by Rebecca Corey | May 18, 2026 | Career, Onstage, Pointe+, Profiles
When Megan Fairchild gives her final performance with New York City Ballet on May 24, she’ll likely do so to the sound of thunderous applause…and peals of laughter. It’s a side of the audience that the principal dancer says she loves engaging with. Fairchild was just...
by Marina Harss | May 14, 2026 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
No one knew quite what to expect when, in March 2025, New York City Ballet announced that Royal Danish Ballet principal Ryan Tomash would be joining the company that fall, as a soloist. Tomash, who took a year of absence in Copenhagen to expand his horizons, was not...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Jan 12, 2026 | Digital Cover Star, Profiles
To get to know India Bradley a little bit better, we asked her a series of quickfire questions. Read on to hear more about the New York City Ballet soloist’s pointe shoe specs, pre-performance routine, favorite snacks, and more. What’s your favorite step or part of...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Jan 2, 2026 | Digital Cover Star, Pointe+
As a newly minted soloist at New York City Ballet, India Bradley now routinely performs featured roles. But even when she was an apprentice—dancing not, say, Dewdrop, but in the back of the flower corps—your eyes would follow her everywhere. Bradley grabs parts big...
by Steve Sucato | Dec 23, 2025 | Everything "Nutcracker", News, The Latest
The holiday season is the perfect time for wishes to come true. So it was for former dancer Jennifer Levine, who received hers thanks to Wish of a Lifetime, a charitable affiliate of AARP that grants life-changing wishes to adults 65 years or older. Jennifer, who is...
by Eve Bromberg | Nov 21, 2025 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
At first glance, sisters Grace and Ava Sautter don’t exactly look alike. Though they’re similar heights (rather tall), it takes examining a few photos of them together to really see similarities: sparkly eyes (of different colors), symmetrical faces, naturally...
by Catie Robinson | Sep 26, 2025 | Pointe+, Profiles
After a busy summer, New York City Ballet principal Mira Nadon is back in the rehearsal studios at Lincoln Center to prepare for NYCB’s fall season. For her dance bag, Nadon carries a light-pink backpack from the brand MZ Wallace, designed in collaboration with NYCB...
by Michael Henry Shavelle | Aug 7, 2025 | TBT
Part of what makes the role of Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty so difficult is demonstrating the character’s progression throughout the ballet. She goes from beaming with joy on her 16th birthday, to floating as a magical vision, to exuding elegance at her wedding. In...