by Kyra Laubacher | Mar 8, 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 On February 21, the Royal Academy of Dance announced that...
by Amy Brandt | Jan 3, 2024 | Digital Cover Star, Pointe+
Céline Gittens bourrées forward and lifts her chin confidently, her arms poised in fifth as the accompanist plays the coda of Nutcracker’s grand pas de deux. It’s a moment of sheer delicacy before she launches into fouetté turns, traveling along the diagonal of...
by Zoe Phillips | Aug 25, 2021 | The Latest, Training
Like most every other event of last year, the Royal Academy of Dance’s Genée International Ballet Competition was canceled in 2020, put on pause during the first waves of COVID-19. Its suspension was an especially heavy blow; the organization was marking its 100th...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 3, 2018 | Career, News, Trending, Viral Videos
Here at Pointe, every day feels like World Ballet Day, though the official 2018 event took place on Tuesday. While WBD is a thrill for any bunhead, it can also be overwhelming. How are you supposed to sit in front of your computer all day when you have class and...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Nov 6, 2017 | Career, Profiles, Trending
We’ve turned our clocks back and pulled out our scarves and hats. That can only mean one thing—winter’s coming. And with it, the Prix de Lausanne. After carefully viewing video submissions from 380 dancers (297 girls and 83 boys), the Prix’s...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 12, 2017 | Training
“When I compete, I’m the type to get nervous and shaky,” says 19-year-old Eleanor Rodriguez. Growing up, the Phoenix, Arizona native had competed in figure skating and archery, but last month she got her first taste competing in the ballet world when...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 17, 2017 | Career, Training
Over the past week, 52 dancers from 14 countries trained in the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus flocked to Lisbon, Portugal, for the 2017 Genée International Ballet Competition. After four days of coaching (see highlights on our Instagram), the dancers competed...
by Candice Thompson | Feb 1, 2015 | Features, Inside PT, Profiles
This is Pointe’s February/March 2015 Cover Story. On a rainy October morning, Boston Ballet’s Dusty Button sails through a pas de cinq rehearsal for Swan Lake. The variation is long and thankless, full of uncomfortable jump sequences and tricky...