by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 18, 2018 | Profiles
Dance Theatre of Harlem’s vivacious Ingrid Silva is extending her efforts beyond the borders of the dance world. Last winter she founded EmpowHerNY, a platform that allows women from all over the world to connect and support one another by sharing their...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Feb 3, 2016 | News
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2016 issue of Pointe. Biographical ballets are having a moment, finding success in the real-life stories of famous women. Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works, which premiered at The Royal Ballet last May, and John...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Dec 29, 2015 | Company Life
The lack of female choreographers in the ballet world has come under recent scrutiny. Why are so few women given opportunities to create for major companies—especially when they’re out there, steadily making work? How can companies, schools, patrons and...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
In an effort to support female ballet choreographers, NYU’s recently formed Center for Ballet and the Arts will now offer the Virginia B. Toulmin Fellowship for Women Choreographers—a 35,000 stipend, office and studio space, and access to housing in NYC. The...