by Kyra Laubacher | Jul 21, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
This summer, Vail Dance Festival celebrates its 35th year of performances and residencies. Running July 28 through August 7, the 2023 festival features an exciting lineup of performing artists and includes no fewer than 15 principal dancers from American Ballet...
by Catja Christensen | Aug 8, 2022 | News, Onstage, The Latest
This month, ballet companies debut classical reinterpretations, attend annual festivals around the world and take performances to new venues. Read on to learn about the premieres and international stars performing near you. Vail Dance Festival Highlights The annual...
by Ilena Peng | May 16, 2022 | Career, Profiles, The Latest
Even if choreographer Caili Quan’s work isn’t about identity, her Chamorro and Filipino heritage will find its way into her movement. Quan grew up in Guam, where she says some of her earliest love for art came from her relatives’ tendency to break into song and dance...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jul 26, 2020 | News, The Latest
Updated 8/13/2020 Picture this: Tiler Peck, Isabella Boylston and Roman Mejia performing in your living room. From July 31 to August 7, tune in as the Vail Dance Festival premieres its new digital edition in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time, the...
by Caroline Shadle For Dance Magazine | Aug 1, 2019 | Career, Profiles
Erica Lall, a member of American Ballet Theatre’s corps de ballet, accomplished an impressive feat this spring: she danced in every single one of ABT’s spring Metropolitan Opera House season performances. That’s 64 shows—actually, as Lall...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 31, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. The Joyce Ballet Festival Brings Together a Standout Cast of International Stars The Joyce Theater on Instagram: “Lauren Cuthbertson and Marcelino Sambé rehearse...
by Cadence Neenan | Jul 29, 2019 | News, Profiles
If, like us, you’re anywhere that isn’t the Vail Dance Festival right now, you’re obviously bummed to be missing all the amazing performances, premieres and collaborations currently underway. Luckily, many of our favorite bunheads have been keeping...
by Marina Harss For Dance Magazine | Jul 28, 2019 | Profiles
Roman Mejia is only 19, and he has the energy to prove it; in the studio and onstage at New York City Ballet, this standout corps member bursts with a kind of uncontainable ebullience. Like his idol, Edward Villella, he specializes in extroverted, allegro roles: Puck...