by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Aug 29, 2016 | Company Life
It’s that time again! Prix de Lausanne registration opens on September 1. Every year, the Prix de Lausanne brings some of the world’s best ballet students together, pushes them to the next level and changes lives. We’re not exaggerating: You’ve...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Aug 29, 2016 | News
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2016 issue of Pointe. In September, former Houston Ballet Academy director Shelly Power will take up her post as Prix de Lausanne’s first dual artistic director and CEO—just in time for the...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 15, 2016 | Company Life
Photo by Gregory Batardon, Courtesy Houston Ballet Madison Young is having the best month ever. Two weekends ago, the 17-year-old Houston Ballet II dancer was performing her heart out at the Prix de Lausanne, the prestigious scholarship competition held every year in...
by Suzannah Friscia | Jan 28, 2016 | Company Life
If you’re wishing events like World Ballet Day LIVE came around more than once a year, you’re in luck: Next week brings not one, but two ballet livestreams that you can enjoy right from your phone or computer. Mark your calendars, and prepare for a week of...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Dec 9, 2015 | Company Life
When she won gold at the Prix de Lausanne in 1994, Diana Vishneva was merely 17 years old. However, it’s clear that she was on the dawn of superstardom. Twenty years have brought Vishneva’s dancing an artistic depth and maturity that contrasts the almost...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 19, 2015 | Company Life
A competitor concentrates during Prix de Lausanne pre-selection (photo via Prix de Lausanne) Shelly Power, the Houston Ballet Academy director, will take on the dual role of artistic director and CEO of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne competition. Houston Ballet...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Elite ballet competitions have become a fact of life. Considering the highly competitive job market these days, the Prix de Lausanne, Youth America Grand Prix and others like them provide access to apprenticeships, scholarships, exposure and, if nothing else, the...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
When you get sidelined by an injury, you try physical therapy, Pilates, swimming—anything that might get you back onstage ASAP. But when you return, something always seems a little different. Maybe that right knee doesn’t feel as secure when you’re...