by Suzannah Friscia | Mar 1, 2017 | Company Life
For those who have eagerly followed Julie Kent’s illustrious career, all eyes turned to DC when she took the job as The Washington Ballet’s new artistic director. This week, audiences are getting a taste of what the company looks like under her leadership,...
by Hannah Foster | Oct 5, 2016 | Company Life
Paintings infrequently inspire ballets. Notable exceptions include Yuri Possokhov’s Magrittomania, based on the works of surrealist painter René Magritte, and Christopher Wheeldon’s recent Strapless, centered on the woman in John Singer Sargent’s...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
It’s morning in a booming, revitalized Berlin and the principal’s class at Staatsballett Berlin is just starting center. Even in a studio packed with the company’s most accomplished dancers, artistic director and dancer Vladimir Malakhov stands out....
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Last April when Staatsballett Berlin principal Polina Semionova made her NYC debut performing in the Youth America Grand Prix gala, her mere appearance on the stage elicited screams of delight from the aspiring dancers in the audience. They knew the young star from a...