by Steve Sucato | Dec 18, 2024 | Everything "Nutcracker", Onstage, Profiles
One can safely say that Val Caniparoli has been one of the most prolific Nutcracker choreographers of this century. Since 2000, the San Francisco–based dancemaker, who is also a principal character artist with San Francisco Ballet, has created or co-created five new...
by Claudia Bauer | Jan 13, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
San Francisco Ballet’s longtime artistic director, Helgi Tomasson, handed the reins to Tamara Rojo last December. But his presence will be strongly felt when the 2023 season opens on January 20 with next@90, a three-week festival of new works programmed by Tomasson....
by Barry Kerollis | Oct 21, 2020 | Dance Magazine, News, Onstage, Profiles
Back in April, it seemed like everyone in the performing arts was either coping with company shutdowns or watching future work evaporate before their eyes. As seasons were canceled or pushed off into the unknown future, choreographer Val Caniparoli took a deep breath...
by Rachel Hellwig | Sep 6, 2017 | Profiles, Viral Videos
You probably remember watching “Sesame Street” in your pre-ballet days, but did you know that some of your favorite ballet dancers and companies have appeared alongside your favorite PBS characters? We’ve rounded up some our most beloved ballet...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 27, 2014 | News
This story originally appeared in the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Pointe. Grand Rapids Ballet, under artistic director and former Pacific Northwest Ballet principal Patricia Barker, debuts a new Nutcracker on December 12. Drawing inspiration from PNB’s...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Bootleg videos of Atlanta Ballet’s new hit big are circulating on YouTube as if the work was a sold-out rock concert. Actually, it kind of was. Lauri Stallings choreographed the hip-hop ballet, set to live music by Antwan “Big Boi” Patton of OutKast,...