by Avichai Scher | Jun 4, 2019 | Dance Magazine, News
It sounds like a ballet dancer’s worst nightmare: hold extensions and splits for a prolonged period, improvise in a cage and on a rope, and execute a ballet barre to performance standards. Do it with no music, wearing just a leotard and tights for an audience...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 23, 2018 | News
Since news that Steven Spielberg was directing a remake of West Side Story was released last winter, we’ve been eagerly awaiting any and all updates. Last month, Justin Peck was brought on board as choreographer, joining famed playwright Tony Kushner,...
by Marissa DeSantis | Jul 24, 2018 | Profiles, Studio to Street
Though she’s more at home in a leotard and tights, BalletNext’s Violetta Komyshan is no stranger to red carpet glamour. Often attending award shows alongside her boyfriend, actor Ansel Elgort, Komyshan prefers to style herself. “I love dressing...