by Chava Pearl Lansky | Apr 10, 2019 | Profiles, TBT
The Youth America Grand Prix New York Finals are starting up again this week, running April 12-19. This year, YAGP is celebrating its 20th anniversary. April 18-19 marks the competition’s annual Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow gala, featuring 13 pros...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 5, 2019 | Dance Spirit, Profiles
When American Ballet Theatre soloist Skylar Brandt’s phone lit up with a message from Julian MacKay last summer, she never could have imagined the journey it would set her on. Brandt barely knew the Mikhailovsky Ballet first soloist—they’d met briefly in...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jan 3, 2019 | News, Viral Videos
Raise your hand if you’re excited for competition season! Youth America Grand Prix Regional Semi-Finals are well underway, leading up to the much-awaited New York Finals April 12-19. Even better, they’re live-streamed, meaning you now have the perfect...
by Suzannah Friscia | Aug 25, 2016 | Company Life
Earlier this year, former American Ballet Theatre principal Cynthia Harvey became the new artistic director of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. Now, she’s made her first faculty appointments. The faculty for the 2016-17 school year (Harvey’s first...
by Suzannah Friscia | Jun 2, 2016 | Company Life
Stella Abrera as Giselle (photo by MIRA, courtesy ABT) At Pointe, we’re always ready to watch a good ballet video, especially one that takes us behind the scenes with some of today’s most talented performers. An episode of the series NYC-ARTS, which aired...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 29, 2015 | Company Life
Today, American Ballet Theatre announced that longtime company soloists Misty Copeland and Stella Abrera have been promoted to principal dancer. San Francisco Ballet star Maria Kochetkova and Royal Danish Ballet principal Alban Lendorf will also join ABT next season...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Dec 31, 2012 | Company Life
A few years ago, Isabella Boylston told Pointe there’s an elite club at American Ballet Theatre: “The Princesses.” It’s corps member Blaine Hoven’s nickname for the dancers like David Hallberg and Gillian Murphy who’ve been awarded...