by Kyra Laubacher | Aug 10, 2022 | Career, Profiles
Paulina Waski knows stamina. A few days into her first week off since New Year’s 2022, she is already antsy—an understandable feeling knowing she’s just completed nearly 30 consecutive weeks of work with Boston Ballet and ABT, with a single day off in between. After...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 29, 2019 | News, Profiles
Summer means promotions announcements, and dancers transitioning from one company to another. And while we’ve already shared some updates with you (see San Francisco Ballet here and here, American Ballet Theatre here), more news is being released each day....
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 19, 2018 | Profiles
Though according to our calendars today is the first day of spring, it feels like anything but. That’s why we’ve been extra jealous watching American Ballet Theatre dancers’ Instagram posts from their tour to Singapore. From swimming in rooftop pools...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 17, 2017 | Profiles
Walk into any ballet class and you’re bound to see a row of dancers clad in leotards patterned with dainty flowers and lace. But nearly three years ago, American Ballet Theatre corps dancer Paulina Waski wore a very different kind of leotard to class—and...
by Kathleen McGuire | Feb 22, 2017 | Career, Training
They are the urban legends of the dance studio: glass in a dancer’s pointe shoes, ribbons cut before she goes onstage. The film Black Swan took things a step further, depicting a dancer so wracked with obsessive jealousy that she turns into a monster. While...