by Emma Love Suddarth | Jun 25, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
In fall 2018, the ballet community lost a rising talent, Raffaella Stroik. According to her obituary, the St. Louis Ballet dancer drowned in a Missouri lake that November at the age of 23. Her tragic passing shook the dance world, inciting an outpouring of love and in...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 4, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Dives Into the Roaring ’20s With the World Premiere of “The Great Gatsby” February 8–17 , Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre...
by Lauren Wingenroth For Dance Magazine | Nov 13, 2018 | News
Update: Raffaella Stroik’s body was found near a boat ramp in Florida, Missouri on Wednesday morning. According to the South Bend Tribune, the cause of death has not yet been released and the investigation remains open. Foul play is not suspected. A funeral Mass...