by Nadine Matthews | Apr 7, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Dance Theatre of Harlem is intimately intertwined with Robert Garland’s career. He joined the company in 1985 after graduating from Juilliard, eventually becoming a principal dancer in 1991. Later, he directed the Dance Theatre of Harlem School and became the...
by Emily May | Aug 29, 2024 | News, The Latest
It’s been a big year for Staatsballett Berlin: Not only has Germany’s largest ballet company celebrated its 20-year anniversary, but it has also had an extremely successful 2023–24 season, with the company reporting 98 percent ticket sales. The Staatsballett is...
by Claudia Bauer | Jul 26, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Summer is a season of creative freedom for ballet dancers, with festivals, side companies, and personal projects providing a refreshing change from the regular pace of company life. This summer, Ballet22 offers a rare opportunity: a showcase for nonbinary, queer, and...
by Kyra Laubacher | Aug 5, 2020 | News, The Latest
Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet , founded in 2015 by writer and activist Theresa Ruth Howard to preserve and promote the stories of Black ballet dancers, is offering three weekends of interactive education and conversation this month through its 2020 Virtual Symposium....
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 27, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. Dance Theatre of Harlem and Miami City Ballet Join Forces at the Kennedy Center for Ballet Across America The Kennedy Center’s fifth annual Ballet Across America festival...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | May 7, 2019 | News
Twenty One Pilots, Janelle Monáe, Tame Impala, Boston Ballet. One of these things is not like the others. This Memorial Day weekend, Boston’s hometown ballet company is joining a lineup of major music stars for Boston Calling, a festival dubbed by some as...
by Karen Campbell | Mar 3, 2019 | News, Profiles
In 2016, Boston Ballet officially brought William Forsythe back to the U.S. after the revolutionary choreographer’s four-decade European career. A five-year partnership with the company promises that Forsythe will add at least one piece to its repertoire each...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 20, 2019 | Career, Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Profiles, Trending
When audience members opened their programs at New York City Ballet’s revival of Herman Schmerman a few weeks ago, one name had everyone buzzing: Naomi Corti. Just an apprentice, she was dancing a featured role alongside principals and soloists in William...