by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 28, 2018 | News, Profiles
Patricia Delgado surprised her many fans last March when she announced that she’d be leaving Miami City Ballet after nearly 20 years to move to New York to be closer to her boyfriend, New York City Ballet soloist and resident choreographer Justin Peck. Though...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 4, 2017 | Profiles
When American Ballet Theatre soloist Calvin Royal III and New York City Ballet soloist Unity Phelan burst into the opening diagonal of George Balanchine’s Agon on Monday, they had reason to be nervous. Sitting in the downstage corner of Columbia...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jul 31, 2017 | Company Life
New York City Ballet principal Lauren Lovette is no stranger to Colorado’s Vail Dance Festival—she’s performed there each summer since 2011. This year, she returns not only as a dancer but as a choreographer. Lovette gained recognition for her...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 9, 2017 | Profiles
Today The Juilliard School announced that former New York City Ballet star Damian Woetzel will become its next president. Woetzel, who currently serves as artistic director of the Vail Dance Festival and the Aspen Institute Arts Program will transition to his role at...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Sep 18, 2016 | News, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2016 issue of Pointe. This summer, former New York City Ballet principal Damian Woetzel celebrates 10 years as the artistic director of the Vail International Dance Festival. “Everything I do is about the...