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...
by Madeline Schrock | Dec 6, 2016 | Company Life
Ana Sophia Scheller is having one busy December: In between performances of New York City Ballet’s Nutcracker, she’ll jet set to Honolulu to dance Dew Drop and the Snow pas de deux in Ballet Hawaii’s brand-new production. Choreographed by Septime...
by Madeline Schrock | Nov 15, 2016 | Company Life
Jennifer Kronenberg and her husband Carlos Guerra retired from Miami City Ballet this past spring, but they’re still deeply involved in the dance world. Their brand-new troupe, Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami, has its inaugural performance this weekend....
by Hannah Chang Foster | Feb 7, 2016 | Company Life
From Paris to Washington, D.C., there seems to be something in the air affecting ballet directors. On the heels of Benjamin Millepied’s startling resignation announcement last week, The Washington Ballet has disclosed the impending departure of Septime Webre;...
by Mary Ellen Hunt | Jun 1, 2010 | Company Life
For many professional ballet dancers, following the dream means a series of clear upward steps, from corps to soloist to principal. Until last year, you might have said that Nevada Ballet Theatre’s Alissa Dale was right on track. A trainee with NBT in 2004, Dale got...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
On a muggy morning in early July, students in The Washington School of Ballet’s level eight class do not get to take it easy. On this day The Washington Ballet’s artistic director, Septime Webre, is teaching. He susses out potentials for the Studio...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
What better way to celebrate the 4th of July weekend than by revisiting classic ballets that have acted as pillars of American dance? The wider dance world beautifully represents the diversity and complexity of what it means to be American. Unfortunately,...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Onuki with Brooklyn Mack in British Invasion . Photo by Paul Wegner, Courtesy TWB. Washington Irving’s spooky tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman has long enchanted readers. And today through Feb. 22 , The Washington Ballet...
