by Emma Love Suddarth | Nov 21, 2022 | Pointe+, Profiles
Trinidadian Canadian ballerina Tina Pereira joined the National Ballet of Canada in 2001, steadily climbing the ranks before reaching principal dancer in 2021. Here she talks about how she manages fast tempos, why she started her own leotard line and her secret to...
by Maggie Small | Nov 21, 2022 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
Tricia Albertson shares how 25 years at Miami City Ballet has gifted her two different careers. Over your 25 years at Miami City Ballet, you’ve worked for two artistic directors: Edward Villella and Lourdes Lopez. What kind of changes have you experienced working for...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 12, 2022 | Profiles
Pacific Northwest Ballet principal Jonathan Batista is masterful at time management. The Rio de Janeiro native, who recently made history as the company’s first Black principal, follows a regimented schedule that allows him to not only stay on track with his career...
by Kyra Laubacher | May 25, 2022 | Career, The Latest
May has been an exciting month for career news, from newly minted principals to international moves. Check out the latest in promotions and new hires. Paris Opéra Ballet On April 23, Paris Opéra Ballet premier danseur François Alu was promoted to étoile, the company’s...
by Marina Harss | May 11, 2022 | The Latest
In 2016, a few years after David Hallberg’s famous move to the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, the Italian dancer Jacopo Tissi took a similar step. A product of the Ballet School of the Teatro alla Scala, he had been quickly singled out for principal roles at La Scala,...
by Lyndsey Winship | May 5, 2022 | Digital Cover Star, Profiles
When Fumi Kaneko first joined London’s Royal Ballet at age 19, she spent every evening crying in the wings. Not out of misery, or homesickness, but because she was performing in the company’s production of Manon, and she was so moved by what she saw onstage. “The...
by Claudia Bauer | Apr 11, 2022 | Profiles, The Latest
Sarah Van Patten is a rarity among ballet dancers. Not only has she enjoyed a career of more than 20 years, she has spent most of it with one company—San Francisco Ballet—and has become a beloved artist in the Bay Area. Van Patten’s retirement performance on April 16...
by Julia Guiheen | Jun 28, 2017 | Profiles
The Royal Ballet principal Marianela Nuñez exudes femininity and strength. It’s no surprise, then, that her interpretation of the mythological huntress Sylvia, an independent, cunning young woman, is spot on. In this 2008 clip of the ballet choreographed...