by Barry Kerollis | Jun 21, 2019 | Career, Company Life
“Opportunities always come when you least expect them,” says Septime Webre. In 2016, he’d left The Washington Ballet, after 17 years as artistic director, to focus on his choreography career. Halfway around the world in East Asia, Hong Kong Ballet...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 15, 2019 | News, Viral Videos
Hong Kong Ballet is celebrating its 40th anniversary in style. Today, the company released the new phase of its yearlong ad campaign, which includes the below film, a Wes Anderson-esque romp through the city fusing ballet with pop culture, filled with ferry boats, pom...
by Suzannah Friscia | Jan 30, 2019 | Career, News
Picture The Wizard of Oz, and your head probably fills with yellow brick roads, flying monkeys, emerald cities and ruby slippers. Now imagine what it takes to translate that magic to the stage—and what it would look like in pointe shoes. On Friday, Colorado...
by Courtney Escoyne | Oct 25, 2018 | Just for fun
When American Ballet Theatre announced yesterday that it would be adding Jane Eyre to its stable of narrative full-lengths, the English nerds in the DM offices (read: most of us) got pretty excited. Cathy Marston’s adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic...
by Steve Sucato | Oct 4, 2018 | News
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore,” Dorothy famously announces in the beloved 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Kansas City, Missouri, rather, is where audiences will find Dorothy this fall. October 12–21, Kansas City Ballet presents...
by Claire Wu | Aug 27, 2018 | Training
My name is Claire Wu, and I’m a Dance major at Butler University. Earlier this month I went to Hong Kong to participate in the 2018 Genée International Ballet Competition, hosted by the Royal Academy of Dance. The Genée is for dancers who have...
by Anna Maples | Jun 24, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. The Joyce Ballet Festival Is Back New York City’s Joyce Theater kicks off its five-company Ballet Festival June 26-July 7. Showcasing a variety of styles including...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 21, 2017 | Company Life
Ballet dancers have become the go-to for ad campaigns lately—just last month we wrote about PUMA’s collaboration with New York City Ballet for the shoe company’s “Swan Pack” collection. Now, dancers from The Washington Ballet are getting...