by Candice Thompson | Jul 23, 2018 | Career
Receiving a second company or trainee contract can help bridge the gap from student to professional. Whether you make it into the main company afterwards or move on to another one, these years, if danced to the fullest, can be valuable to your life and career. Lillian...
by Lauren Warnecke | Jul 16, 2018 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
“You’ll find people say that we’re very demanding, but we’re not mean,” says Daniel Duell, co-founder of the Ballet Chicago Studio Company, a rigorous, Balanchine-based pre-professional training program located in the heart of downtown...
by Amy Brandt | Jul 15, 2018 | Career, Company Life
For the members of Boston Ballet II, Thursday mornings are a special treat. At 9 am, well before the company arrives, they begin their own class with BBII associate director Peter Stark. It’s their chance to talk through corrections and dig into the details of...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
youngARTS Week What do soloists Sarah Lane, Kelly Myernick and Callie Manning have in common? Before rising through the ranks of American Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet and Miami City Ballet, respectively, these dancers were finalists at youngARTS Week. Sponsored by...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
In her senior year of high school, Michelle Thompson, a student at the San Francisco Ballet School, went on “tons of auditions,” but soon found she needed to widen her search; after only one girl was chosen from her class of 25 to join SFB, Thompson...
by Jennifer Stahl | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
It’s the start of a new season, and many pre-professionals will be making the transition from top student to second company member. Being in a second company is one of the trickiest stages of a dancer’s career: It’s an opportunity to launch your...