by Kyra Laubacher | Mar 28, 2022 | The Latest
This month has brought exciting new promotions, retirements and leadership changes. Read on to learn the latest! Jillian Vanstone and Sonia Rodriguez Say Goodbye at National Ballet of Canada Jillian Vanstone and Harrison James in Christopher Wheeldon’s After the...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jul 13, 2020 | News, The Latest, Viral Videos
For the past three years, New York City Ballet dancers Emily Kikta and Peter Walker have created a series of site-specific dance films promoting the company’s annual summer residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Although this summer’s...
by Cadence Neenan | Jul 15, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
Tonight, New York City Ballet opens its 53 annual summer season at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. But if you’re away at a summer intensive or busy rehearsing at your home studio and can’t make it to a performance, we have the next best thing: seven...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 14, 2018 | News
On October 13, the evening before the close of New York City Ballet’s fall season and longtime principal Joaquin De Luz’s retirement performance, Jonathan Stafford, the leader of the company’s interim artistic team, promoted seven company dancers:...
by Harris Green | Jul 31, 2018 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
At age 25, New York City Ballet corps member Peter Walker is attracting admirers by simultaneously succeeding at two demanding careers: dancer and choreographer. Last winter, he made his debut alongside soloist Erica Pereira in the title role of Peter Martins’...
by Marissa DeSantis | Jul 12, 2018 | Just for fun, News, Viral Videos
What do you do when you finally have some time off after a busy season? Well, if you’re the dancers of New York City Ballet, you find new ways to dance, obviously. Ahead of the company’s 52nd annual residency at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, corps...
by Marina Harss | May 22, 2018 | Profiles
This is Pointe’s June/July 2018 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. “I’m very cautious by nature,” Rachel Hutsell says over herbal tea at Lincoln Center between rehearsals. You...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Feb 13, 2018 | Career, News, Profiles
A company’s corps de ballet is rarely the pool from which title roles are plucked. Yet New York City Ballet seems to buck convention, especially for its full-length production of Peter Martins’ Romeo + Juliet. When it debuted back in 2007, the ballet...