by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jan 9, 2020 | News, Viral Videos
For the ballet world, Lausanne, Switzerland means one thing: the home of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne. But dancers aren’t the only ones to think of the French-speaking city as synonymous with competition. Lausanne is the base for the International Olympic...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Aug 3, 2016 | Company Life
Ah, the Olympic ceremonies: When athletes of the world parade with their flags into the international spotlight, when host countries pay tribute to their cultural heritages and when I (without fail) tear up at the beauty of it all. Ballet doesn’t usually play...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
I have a love/hate relationship with figure skating. Part of me roots for the fact that it’s fairly artistic—it’s the closest thing to dance I’ll ever see at the Olympics. (PS: I’m obsessed with all things Olympics.) On the other hand,...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
We have to hand it to the Russians. Olympic opening ceremonies are always brilliant spectacles, but rarely do they involve appearances by world-class ballet dancers. Last Friday night, the Sochi opening ceremony offered a smorgasbord of rich, theatrical images, many...