by Claudia Bauer | May 17, 2024 | Cross-Training, Health & Body, Pointe+
This is only Evelyn Robinson’s first season at Charlotte Ballet, but it’s one of the biggest in her career: In early May she debuted as Odette/Odile on opening night of the company’s first-ever Swan Lake production. She brought radiant stage presence and refined...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 31, 2022 | Cross-Training, Health & Body
At first glance, a vertical rock face and a theater have little in common. But as diverse forms of cross-training become the norm for ballet dancers, some have turned to rock climbing as a way to supplement their in-studio training and condition their bodies for...
by Madeline Schrock | Mar 31, 2016 | Cross-Training, Health & Body, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2016 issue of Pointe. Om at home: Three days a week, Van Buskirk spends about 20 minutes waking up with yoga. “I build muscle easily,” she says, “so I like to balance it out by stretching and...