by Kyra Laubacher | Feb 12, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
With love in the air, February is packed with exciting premieres in the ballet world. The upcoming weeks provide no shortage of new works, expansions, and debuts across the U.S. and abroad. Here are some fresh narrative ballets hitting the stage: Ballet Arizona: U.S....
by Lydia Murray | Feb 21, 2024 | Onstage, The Latest
From February 22 to March 3, Denver-based contemporary ballet company Wonderbound will present the world premiere of Awakening Beauty, a modern twist on the classic Sleeping Beauty. In contrast to the original ballet, this storyline will not involve salvation by a...
by Kyra Laubacher | Nov 28, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Nutcracker—we could dance it with our eyes closed and hum its score the whole way through. But despite being the certifiable staple of ballet holiday repertoire, traditional Nutcrackers aren’t the only programs hitting the stage this month. The 2023 winter season has...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 4, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. BalletX’s Spring Series Showcases Three Premieres Philadelphia-based troupe BalletX brings three premieres to the stage March 6-17. The company’s Spring Series...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Apr 22, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. NYCB Spring Season Opens NYCB’s 2018 Spring Season opens on April 24. The next six weeks are filled with all of what NYCB has to offer including classic works by...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Dec 6, 2017 | Career, Everything "Nutcracker"
As a student in a pre-professional ballet school, one of the best parts of performing in company productions was getting to be in the midst of the action with the company dancers. In Nutcracker, for example—between my all-important moments of dancing glory (the...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
For many ballet companies, December means Nutcracker time. But this Dec. 10-18, the Denver-based troupe Wonderbound presents the world premiere of Garrett Ammon’s Winter, a multi-sensory ballet bringing audiences the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of the...