by Catie Robinson | Jun 27, 2025 | Career, News, Onstage, Profiles
Royal Ballet first artist Amelia Townsend steps into some percussive new shoes this month as the tap-dancing Mad Hatter in Christopher Wheeldon’s fantastical Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, performed by The Royal Ballet from June 13–28. While Townsend isn’t the...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 5, 2019 | Profiles
When Christopher Wheeldon’s celebrated Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland returns to National Ballet of Canada’s stage this week, there will be one big change. First soloist Chelsy Meiss will dance the role of the quirky, tapping Mad Hatter, the first...
by Sponsored by Só Dança | Apr 23, 2018 | News
Looking for your next audition shoe? Shot at and in collaboration with Broadway Dance Center, Só Dança has launched a new collection of shoes working with some pretty famous faces of the musical theater world! Offered in two different styles and either 2.5″ or...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | May 24, 2016 | Company Life
In the spirit of honesty, we’ll just come out and say it: Here at Pointe, we’re not exactly tap dance experts. But that doesn’t mean we’ve never taken tap, nor that we’re immune to the beauty, technicality and historical importance of tap...