Seeing Green: Jealousy in the Studio

Seeing Green: Jealousy in the Studio

They are the urban legends of the dance studio: glass in a dancer’s pointe shoes, ribbons cut before she goes onstage. The film Black Swan took things a step further, depicting a dancer so wracked with obsessive jealousy that she turns into a monster. While...
Are You Ready to Train Away from Home Year-Round?

Are You Ready to Train Away from Home Year-Round?

This story originally appeared in the June/July 2016 issue of Pointe. Harper Ortlieb knew something needed to change. Her three-hour commute to daily classes at the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre was unsustainable, and her obsession with ballet was intensifying. The...