by Lucy Van Cleef | May 18, 2021 | Company Life, News, The Latest
A lot has happened since last November, when French dancer Chloé Lopes Gomes went public with accusations of institutional racism against Staatsballett Berlin. After the company declined to renew her contract for next season, Lopes Gomes, Staatsballett’s only...
by Chloé Lopes Gomes As Told To Laura Cappelle | Nov 30, 2020 | Company Life, Dance Magazine, Instagram, News, Profiles, The Latest
In November, the French dancer Chloé Lopes Gomes went public with accusations of institutional racism against Staatsballett Berlin, first reported by the German magazine Der Spiegel. In the article, several anonymous dancers confirm her account. Lopes Gomes,...
by Julia Rosica | Nov 11, 2020 | TBT
Polina Semionova, principal guest artist with the Staatsballett Berlin, is serene and luminous. Mariinsky Ballet principal Vladimir Shklyarov is stylish and refined. Together, unsurprisingly, they make a sublime partnership, as seen here in their wistful and...
by Lucy Van Cleef | Oct 28, 2020 | Company Life, Instagram, News, Onstage
It’s 8:24 am on a Tuesday. Even though morning class isn’t for another hour and a half, Daniil Simkin is already at Staatsballett Berlin’s studios; tests for the coronavirus, a biweekly requirement to dance with his partner, Iana Salenko, need to be...
by Courtney Escoyne For Dance Magazine | Jan 21, 2020 | News, The Latest
Staatsballett Berlin announced today that artistic directors Sasha Waltz and Johannes Öhman intend to step down at the end of 2020, despite having only held the posts since 2019 and summer 2018, respectively. According to a company press release, Öhman is...
by Lucy Van Cleef | Oct 7, 2019 | Instagram, Profiles
When Yuria Isaka danced the grand pas de deux in Staatsballett Berlin’s The Nutcracker alongside Daniil Simkin last winter, you never would have known it was her first season as a professional; a graduate of the Princess Grace Academy in Monaco, the fledgling...
by Lauren Warnecke | Jan 28, 2019 | Career, Profiles
You left Mexico at 16 to attend the English National Ballet School. How did your family react? My roots are very poor. I have family who live in the countryside; they never saw this as a career. When I left, they thought my parents were crazy. Later I came back to...
by Marissa DeSantis | Sep 7, 2017 | Profiles
Since joining American Ballet Theatre as a soloist in 2008, Russian-born Daniil Simkin has become a fixture in the New York City dance scene. In addition to performing leading roles with ABT in everything from Giselle to Whipped Cream, Simkin has also spearheaded his...