by Kathryn Holmes | Oct 25, 2023 | Higher Ed, Pointe+, Training
The summer before her freshman year at the University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, Jasmine Robinson was offered a traineeship with Complexions Contemporary Ballet. She approached USC, and they made it work: “My first semester, I was able to...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Jul 3, 2016 | Company Life
We all know this feeling. Photo via Scot Dir. Symptoms : Your morning cup of coffee, or other stimulant of choice, feels like a distant memory, as does your New Year’s resolution to cross-train. (Guilty.) Diagnosis : A serious case of the Mondays. Complications...
by Kathleen McGuire | Sep 30, 2014 | Higher Ed, Training
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2014 issue of Pointe. Skipping college for a ballet career wasn’t an option for Boston Ballet corps member Sarah Wroth. “I didn’t see it as a stable future,” she recalls. But she loved ballet and...