by Amy Brandt | Jul 17, 2024 | Pointe+, Technique, Training
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School faculty member Christopher Budzynski remembers the first time he saw dancers perform finger turns in Nutcracker as a child. “They did a lot, and it blew my mind that this was possible, and that they were doing it so easily.” Budzynski...
by Sponsored by Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre | Nov 8, 2022 | Pre-Professional Profiles
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School’s Pre-Professional Division equips its students with high-caliber ballet education in a thriving arts community. “In tandem with exceptional dance training, our seminar programming focuses on creating confident, well-rounded...
by Kathleen McGuire | Nov 28, 2012 | Company Life
This article originally appeared in the December 2012/January 2013 issue of Pointe. The stakes couldn’t have been higher when Janessa Touchet joined Pacific Northwest Ballet School. It was her final year of training, and she’d moved 2,700 miles out of her...