by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 14, 2018 | News
On October 13, the evening before the close of New York City Ballet’s fall season and longtime principal Joaquin De Luz’s retirement performance, Jonathan Stafford, the leader of the company’s interim artistic team, promoted seven company dancers:...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 13, 2017 | News
Boston Ballet might be the new United Nations. The company’s 2017-2018 roster was announced this morning, and the 65 dancers are representative of 15 different nationalities. Which countries are present at this ballet roundtable? Albania, Australia, Brazil,...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Feb 20, 2017 | Company Life
Watching dancers you’ve admired and rooted for get promoted is a wonderful feeling. And New York City Ballet dropped some major news this weekend when the company announced not one promotion, but eight! Russell Janzen, one of NYCB’s most supremely elegant...
by Suzannah Friscia | Jan 4, 2017 | Company Life
For Michaela DePrince, 2017 is off to a happy start: Last week, the Dutch National Ballet dancer was promoted to soloist. The announcement came during the company’s run of Coppélia, in which she made her debut as Swanhilda. Dancers Qian Liu and Sasha...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Sep 26, 2016 | Company Life
Pacific Northwest Ballet announced three promotions this weekend, including Benjamin Griffiths to principal, and Matthew Renko and Angelica Generosa to soloist. Generosa has received many recent opportunities to shine onstage, including during the company’s tour...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Jun 30, 2016 | Company Life
Well, that was fast. After less than a year, Jeffrey Cirio — the former Boston Ballet principal who joined American Ballet Theatre as a soloist at the start of this season—is walking into summer with a promotion to ABT’s highest rank. The company now...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Jun 12, 2016 | Company Life
Two Pointe cover stars, two Japanese dancers and a woman who rocketed through two ranks in one year are among the dancers newly promoted to The Royal Ballet’s highest ranks. With artistic maturity far beyond her 23 years, we knew it was only a matter of time...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 29, 2015 | Company Life
Today, American Ballet Theatre announced that longtime company soloists Misty Copeland and Stella Abrera have been promoted to principal dancer. San Francisco Ballet star Maria Kochetkova and Royal Danish Ballet principal Alban Lendorf will also join ABT next season...