by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Aug 12, 2019 | News, Profiles
ABT besties Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside have a dream: To get the most dancers ever to go on pointe at the same time. The pair, who go by the joint nickname “The Cindies,” have teamed up with the morning talk show “Live with Kelly and...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Nov 12, 2018 | News
There’s a new tool that lets amputee ballet dancers perform on pointe. As reported in Dezeen, an architecture and design magazine, industrial designer Jae-Hyun An has created a prosthesis he calls the”Marie . T” (after Marie Taglioni, of course) that...
by Anna Maples | Aug 12, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Houston Ballet Brings a World Premiere to Jacob’s Pillow August 15-18 , for the first time in almost four decades, Houston Ballet is appearing at Jacob’s Pillow,...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 9, 2018 | Company Life
Chances are, you’ve seen (and “liked”) photographer Omar Z Robles’ beautiful shots of ballet dancers on social media. Rather than clean and tidy studio photos, his work captures dancers (“the ultimate subject,” he says) outside and...
by Sponsored by Só Dança | Apr 23, 2018 | News
Looking for your next audition shoe? Shot at and in collaboration with Broadway Dance Center, Só Dança has launched a new collection of shoes working with some pretty famous faces of the musical theater world! Offered in two different styles and either 2.5″ or...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 10, 2017 | Career, Viral Videos
Last Thursday was World Ballet Day LIVE, the official 22-hour live-stream relay showcasing companies across the globe. If you were busy (we know that you don’t always have the luxury to spend an entire day watching ballet), don’t fret. Many of the...
by Hannah Foster | Sep 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
As Hurricane Irma made its way through the Caribbean last week, Sarasota Ballet principal Ellen Overstreet was closely following the news. Tracking its progress, she made plans with fellow company members Asia Bui and Madysen Felber: “Wednesday was the most...
by Pointe Magazine | Sep 18, 2016 | Company Life
Frederic M. Seegal has acquired DanceMedia, a suite of five respected publications (both print and digital) written for and by dancers, including the renowned Dance Magazine, which marks its 90th year of publication in 2017. Seegal, Vice Chairman of Peter J. Solomon...