by Gavin Larsen | Jul 9, 2018 | Profiles, Technique
As told to Gavin Larsen by Whitney Jensen My first time dancing Petite Mort—or any ballet by Jiří Kylián—I was 17 and in the corps of Boston Ballet. I didn’t know it then, but the stager, Roslyn Anderson, was nervous about me doing it because I was so young. I...
by Laura Cappelle | Sep 25, 2017 | Career, Company Life
One of the first things you notice about Ingrid Lorentzen is her laugh—the Norwegian National Ballet director exudes warmth. It’s obvious why, in 2012, she was appointed for the job, despite the fact that she was a leading dancer at NNB with little...
by Amy Brandt | Jul 11, 2017 | Profiles
Whitney Jensen likes to pack light. “I take the bare minimum,” says the Norwegian National Ballet dancer, who was a Boston Ballet principal until 2015. She often stores things in her dressing room, and it’s a good thing, too—her blue Freitag...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 25, 2016 | Company Life
Whitney Jensen made a surprising move in 2015 when she left her principal contract at Boston Ballet without plans to join a new company. Some feared she would quit dancing. Instead, Jensen, now 24, took time to reflect on her next move. In February, she signed on as a...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Sep 24, 2013 | Company Life
When she was a student prodigy scooping up medals at top competitions, Whitney Jensen didn’t have to do much to keep her body in shape. Now, the 21-year-old hits the gym most days—sometimes even after six hours of rehearsal—to build stamina and keep...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Whitney Jensen had her eye on the prize last July at the Varna International Ballet Competition. A student at Valentina Kozlova’s Conservatory of Dance in New York City, she became the first female and first American in the competition’s history to win the...