by Mary Ellen Hunt | Jul 11, 2011 | Company Life
From Russia To Michigan The Midwest isn’t usually the first place you’d look for old-world technique. But for the past three Augusts, Michigan’s Russian Ballet Festival has brought in dancers from the Kirov and Bolshoi Ballets, as well as Russian...
by Ashley Rivers | Jul 11, 2011 | Company Life
It’s the American dream, ballet-style: A small-town girl works hard, turns heads in the big city and wins her way to the top of a world-class company. Teresa Reichlen is one such story: Before joining New York City Ballet, she studied at The Russell School of...
by Jen Peters | May 15, 2011 | Company Life
Summer dance festivals are well known as hot spots for world-class performances. But several also offer one-of-a-kind training opportunities for advanced students—including ballet students. With top companies flying in from around the globe, dancers can experience a...
by Pointe Magazine | Mar 23, 2011 | Company Life
New York’s New Preprofessional Companies New York’s Joffrey Ballet School recently launched a preprofessional company for its “Joffrey Ballet” program, and plans to start two more companies for its other two divisions (which include “Classical Ballet,” led by Gelsey...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 27, 2011 | Company Life
No role defines classical ballet more than Aurora in Sleeping Beauty. She embodies both youthful innocence and elegant majesty. Although cursed to sleep for eternity, Aurora has an inner radiance that proves too strong for the evil spell. Prince Désiré’s saving...
by Pointe Magazine | Jan 18, 2011 | Company Life
Train With Carreño Summer intensives run by name dancers have long drawn students hoping to catch a little stardust. This August, aspiring professionals can study with American Ballet Theatre’s Jose Manuel Carreño. The soon-to-retire principal has partnered with...
by Lisa Traiger | Jan 18, 2011 | Company Life
More often than not, a dancer stumbles before she soars. Sarah Walborn breezed through her training years at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, spending summers at San Francisco Ballet School. After high school, she accepted SFB artistic director Helgi Tomasson’s...
by Alexis Branagan | Nov 28, 2010 | Company Life
Top-Tier Training With a faculty imported from the world’s elite academies, InDanceve is not your typical ballet intensive. This year-old summer program in Washington, DC, gives a small group of dancers the opportunity to train under internationally renowned master...