by Hannah Foster | Aug 12, 2015 | Company Life
Marius Petipa’s original version of La Bayadère, which premiered in St. Petersburg in 1877, was meant to evoke the exotic Far East. Today’s productions have no shortage of tropes that Westerners might associate with a royal Indian court: elephants,...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Last April when Staatsballett Berlin principal Polina Semionova made her NYC debut performing in the Youth America Grand Prix gala, her mere appearance on the stage elicited screams of delight from the aspiring dancers in the audience. They knew the young star from a...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Roberto Bolle’s gala “Roberto Bolle and Friends” had its annual performance today, in Verona, Italy. The performance featured an outstanding cast of dancers, including American Ballet Theatre’s Hee Seo, Cory Stearns, Daniil Simkin and Julie...