by Catie Robinson | Jun 27, 2025 | Career, News, Onstage, Profiles
Royal Ballet first artist Amelia Townsend steps into some percussive new shoes this month as the tap-dancing Mad Hatter in Christopher Wheeldon’s fantastical Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, performed by The Royal Ballet from June 13–28. While Townsend isn’t the...
by Dr. Elisabeth Pain | Dec 30, 2024 | Career, Company Life, Everything "Nutcracker", Pointe+
Growing up, when Gary Avis’s family went to the theater, it was very rarely with his sister. She had learning difficulties, he says, and “if you took my sister to a performance and she started making noises or started enjoying it or would stand up or clap at the wrong...
by Catie Robinson | Aug 13, 2024 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
Royal Ballet principal dancer Marcelino Sambé’s everyday dance bag is a substantial leather Mulberry bag. For The Royal Ballet’s first-ever engagement at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, he chose to leave it behind in London to keep it in pristine condition. Instead, he...
by Laura Jaye Cramer | Jul 11, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Few cities blend natural beauty with cultural offerings quite as seamlessly as Aspen, Colorado, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. With the latter being home to art giants, like Georgia O’Keeffe, and the former showcasing rotating multimedia exhibitions, both cities make it...
by Catja Christensen | Jun 28, 2024 | Company Life, News, Onstage
From the cheeky, colorful energy of Façade to the opulent elegance of Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, The Sarasota Ballet brought a selection of its extensive Frederick Ashton repertory back to where most of them originated: at London’s Royal Opera House. Royal Ballet...
by Lydia Murray | Oct 19, 2022 | Profiles
After 10 seasons with The Royal Ballet, Brazilian-born principal dancer Mayara Magri knows what she wants in a pointe shoe, but embraces flexibility. Her current pair has had 37 modifications. In the company, “We are lucky enough to be able to customize our shoes—the...
by Emily May | Apr 25, 2022 | Career, Profiles
As a child Jenna Anderson watched Pacific Northwest Ballet’s The Nutcracker on PBS every Christmas, shushing everyone around her when the dancers came onscreen. Barred from dancing herself due to her conservative upbringing, she fueled her ballet obsession by...
by Matthew Ball as told to Avichai Scher | Mar 23, 2022 | Profiles
Romeo has a special place in my heart. I made my debut in 2015, after I had just received my promotion to First Artist. It was the first big role that I got the opportunity to dance. The story of Romeo and Juliet is something I grew up with. I read the play at school...
