by Hannah Chang Foster | Apr 8, 2022 | News, The Latest
Fiery red dresses, passionate bullfighters, clicking castanets—Carmen is known for its prominent (albeit stereotypical) display of Spanish culture. Ballet adaptations of Georges Bizet’s famous opera tend to stay true to tragic themes: Carmen, a passionate,...
by Julia Rosica | Feb 17, 2021 | TBT
It’s not every day that you get to see two living legends share the same stage. In 2007, Carmen de Lavallade and Desmond Richardson, trailblazers generations apart, premiered Dwight Rhoden’s Precious Blood at The Joyce Theater in New York. In this clip,...
by Avichai Scher | Mar 24, 2019 | Career, News, Profiles, Trending
In the final moments of Jiří Kylián’s strenuous Return to a Strange Land, Samantha Klanac Campanile made sure her exhaustion didn’t stop her from savoring the moment. She looked around The Joyce Theater as the lights began to dim and...
by Emily Katz | May 31, 2016 | Career, Company Life
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2016 issue of Pointe. Photos by Kyle Froman for Pointe As Hong Kong Ballet corps member Xia Jun rehearses his solo from Krzysztof Pastor’s In Light and Shadow, a distinct Eastern flavor of movement exudes from the...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Aug 18, 2015 | News
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2015 issue of Pointe. Emery LeCrone, a prolific New York City–based freelance choreographer, and Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, directed by San Francisco–based Amy Seiwert, will both have their Joyce...