by Michael Henry Shavelle | Jul 23, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Surrounded by its iconic mountainous landscape, the Vail Dance Festival continues to bring innovative dance to Colorado year after year. The 2025 festival, running July 25–August 5, features over 150 dance artists appearing in 14 unique performances. Offerings include...
by Chava Lansky For Dance Magazine | Apr 23, 2025 | News, The Latest
On a blazing hot day last summer, the environment inside the New Jersey Performing Arts Center was cool and hushed. A who’s who of U.S. ballet dancers entered from the wings, launching themselves across the stage in pointe shoes and unitards, while attentive audience...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Aug 3, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
We revisited some of Pointe’s past cover stars for their take on how life—and ballet—has changed. Robbie Fairchild, April/May 2007 Then: New York City Ballet corps member. He shared the cover with former NYCB dancer Callie Bachman, then a 16-year-old student at...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jul 26, 2020 | News, The Latest
Updated 8/13/2020 Picture this: Tiler Peck, Isabella Boylston and Roman Mejia performing in your living room. From July 31 to August 7, tune in as the Vail Dance Festival premieres its new digital edition in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time, the...
by Courtney Escoyne | Dec 16, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
“I don’t care how much you love it,” Robbie Fairchild groans theatrically. “Who wants to take ballet at 6:30 in the morning?” But for a span of roughly four months, that was part of the daily routine for the dancers appearing in Cats, Tom...
by Madeline Schrock For Dance Magazine | Sep 5, 2019 | Profiles
When you hear names like Maria Kochetkova, Sutton Foster and Robbie Fairchild, you immediately picture flashes of them as the fully-formed, phenomenal performers they are today. But even when they were kids, they had a glimmer of their future star power, giving a...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 29, 2019 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, Instagram, News
After days spent rallying against “Good Morning America” host Lara Spencer’s flippant comments about boys doing ballet, the dance world triumphed on Monday. Not only did Spencer issue a lengthy on-air apology, complete with an interview with Robbie...
by Courtney Escoyne For Dance Magazine | Aug 25, 2019 | News
On this morning’s edition of “Good Morning America,” host Lara Spencer did what the dance community has been clamoring for since last Thursday, when her flippant comments about Prince George enjoying ballet lessons provoked widespread outrage: She...