by Kyra Laubacher and Michael Shavelle | Aug 8, 2025 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in your August 2025 roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments American Ballet Theatre has promoted Sierra Armstrong,...
by Claudia Bauer | Sep 27, 2020 | Instagram
Sofiane Sylve had huge plans for 2020: Departing her post as a principal dancer at San Francisco Ballet, she embarked on a multifaceted, bicontinental career as ballet master and principal dancer at Dresden Semperoper Ballett, and artistic advisor and school director...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 9, 2020 | News, The Latest
This hasn’t been an easy week for San Francisco Ballet: Last weekend the city’s mayor ordered that the War Memorial Performing Arts Center cancel all performances through March 20 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, thus halting SFB’s run of A...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Oct 19, 2016 | Company Life
Remember in the Disney version of Sleeping Beauty when Aurora’s fairy godmothers fight over which dress is best, pink or blue? Watching Petipa’s ballet, you might face a similar conflict: Do you prefer the young, spirited Aurora decked in rose pink from...
by Caitlin Sims | Jun 1, 2008 | Career, Company Life, Features
Maria Kowroski As a 13-year-old ballet student in Michigan, Maria Kowroski was surprised to be cast in a jazz work set to Nine Inch Nails for a school show. “I liked that I wasn’t labeled a ballet dancer,” she remembers, “and that someone took...
