by Hannah Chang Foster | Aug 14, 2024 | News, The Latest
New company leaders sometimes stake their claims with wide-sweeping changes to programming and rosters. But an “out with the old, in with the new” mentality is hard to execute at a ballet company where the outgoing party is a beloved founding artistic director—one who...
by Hannah Chang Foster | May 31, 2024 | News, The Latest
At the opening of Richmond Ballet’s Studio Three series this month, Stoner Winslett gave one of her very last curtain speeches. “I am still the artistic director of Richmond Ballet,” she quipped in the introduction. The audience burst into laughter. Winslett had just...
by Kyra Laubacher | May 6, 2024 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of dancer career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in this month’s ballet roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments San Francisco Ballet corps members Kamryn Baldwin,...
by Sponsored by Richmond Ballet | Jan 9, 2024 | Pre-Professional Profiles
For many ballet students, the reality of company life can often seem mysterious. But not at Richmond Ballet, where artistic staff and faculty immerse dancers in its full-time Trainee Program and Studio Company in a professional environment and provide...
by Kyra Laubacher | Oct 5, 2023 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in this month’s roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments At Stuttgart Ballet, Henrik Erikson and Gabriel Figueredo have...
by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 11, 2023 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of dancer career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in this month’s roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments Hannah Fischer has been promoted to principal at Miami City...
by Kyra Laubacher | Aug 4, 2023 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in this month’s roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments On July 6, The Royal Ballet artistic director Kevin O’Hare...
by Gavin Larsen | Sep 9, 2021 | Company Life
The route to a company’s roster often means working your way through several preliminary stages—professional training program, traineeship, apprenticeship or second company—in order to be considered for a full company contract. But while some dancers move fairly...