by Avichai Scher | Nov 2, 2017 | Health & Body
When Erin Arbuckle takes ballet class wearing her New York City Marathon shirt, teachers often ask her, “You didn’t actually run that, did you?” She did, twice, and she’s running again this year on November 5. Arbuckle, 28, a graduate of School...
by Amy Brandt | Sep 11, 2017 | Career, Profiles
This year marks the 50th anniversary of George Balanchine’s Jewels, and companies around the world are paying homage. While last summer’s Lincoln Center Festival collaboration with New York City Ballet, Paris Opéra Ballet and Bolshoi Ballet was all...
by Alice Kaderlan | Nov 20, 2014 | News
This story originally appeared in the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Pointe. This year, Pacific Northwest Ballet says good-bye to its time-honored Nutcracker. Choreographed by founding artistic director Kent Stowell—with sets and costumes designed by the...
by Amy Brandt | Jan 23, 2013 | Audition Advice, Career
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2013 issue of Pointe. Many years ago, a director of a company I was auditioning for approached me as I was taking off my pointe shoes and struck up a conversation. I felt nervous and shy, so I let him ask all the...
by Pointe Magazine | Feb 27, 2011 | Company Life
Interviews by Christopher Blank, Rosie Gaynor and Nancy Wozny A firestorm of controversy over recent reviews that singled out dancers’ bodies for criticism has raised the question of whether body type still matters in today’s ballet world. Does...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
MYTH: The guys in ballet are all gay. “Let’s just say guys in ballet are guys. And some are gay, and they’re great; some aren’t, and they’re great. They’re all just humans, like the rest of us.” —Peter Boal, artistic...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
What is it that makes certain performers magnetic? This past weekend I saw Pacific Northwest Ballet perform at the Joyce here in New York City. I was taken aback by the bevy of beautiful bodies onstage. Almost every female dancer had exquisitely long limbs, ideal...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
As if Wendy Whelan’s imminent retirement wasn’t a hard enough pill to swallow, news that Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Carla Körbes will retire in June 2015 makes this an even sadder year for ballet. Körbes started her career at New York City...