by Suzannah Friscia | Mar 16, 2017 | Company Life
We’re seeing a lot of Crystal Pite in the ballet world this season—and no one is complaining. Only a few months after debuting a work for the Paris Opéra Ballet, her first creation for The Royal Ballet premiered last night, alongside work by...
by Laura Cappelle | Jan 28, 2016 | Profiles
This is Pointe’s February/March 2016 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. Last September, as one of The Royal Ballet’s coaches walked her through the potion scene from Romeo and Juliet, Francesca...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Oct 12, 2015 | Company Life
(Eloise Smith, stockroom assistant in the costume department at the Royal Opera House, photo by Ruairi Watson) The Royal Opera House, home of The Royal Ballet, has launched a new university degree program in partnership with South Essex College and the University of...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 9, 2015 | Company Life
Photo by Sean Malyon, Courtesy Royal Opera House I’m still getting over goose bumps from watching Wendy Whelan in Restless Creature at the Joyce Theater two weeks ago. But now that her tour is over, this former New York City Ballet star isn’t taking any sort of...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Getting a peek inside a major company’s technique class is always a treat. While seeing dancers perform onstage is magical, there’s something captivating about watching a ballerina’s unmade-up face fully concentrated on learning a combination or pushing for another...