by Pointe Magazine | Nov 30, 2016 | Company Life
Go behind the scenes at our December 2016/January 2017 cover shoot, featuring American Ballet Theatre principal Stella Abrera!
by Marina Harss | Nov 22, 2016 | Profiles
This is Pointe’s December 2016/January 2017 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. At some point during her long career with American Ballet Theatre, Stella Abrera started to think it would never happen;...
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 Candice Thompson | Nov 23, 2015 | Career, Profiles, Reverence
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. Before your promotion to principal this summer, you were an ABT soloist for 14 years. How did you stay patient when it seemed a promotion was unlikely? When I was cast to do my first...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Nov 8, 2015 | Company Life
James Sofranko in Jerome Robbins’ The Concert (or, the Perils of Everybody). Photo by Erik Tomasson, courtesy of San Francisco Ballet. Who says ballet can’t cure cancer? DanceFAR or “Dance For a Reason”—the brainchild of San Francisco...
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 Amy Brandt | Sep 9, 2014 | Company Life
When Super Typhoon Haiyan struck the Phillippines last November, the results were catastrophic: The storm left 6,300 dead and four million people displaced. And while the typhoon is no longer headlining the evening news here, it’s still an everyday reality in...
by Pointe Magazine | Mar 31, 2010 | Company Life
Ballet dancers have nearly 100 percent injury rates. From minor sprained ankles to major bone breaks, nearly everyone faces time away from the stage sooner or later. The good news? Recovering from an injury doesn’t have to be a career setback. It can actually make you...