by Amy Brandt | Jul 17, 2017 | Career, Profiles
When Sacramento Ballet’s board announced that it would not be renewing the contract of longtime co-directors Ron Cunningham and Carinne Binda after the 2017–18 season, the news upset many in both the Sacramento community and the dance world. The husband...
by Caroline Hamilton | Jul 16, 2017 | Profiles
On Wednesday, June 19, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival welcomes James Whiteside Presents to the outdoor Inside/Out stage. This will be the American Ballet Theatre principal’s fourth time at the Pillow. He first came to the Massachusetts–based Dance...
by Jordan Levin | Jul 5, 2017 | Career, Profiles
Jennifer Kronenberg and Carlos Guerra are used to being the center of the action from their years as leading dancers at Miami City Ballet. But managing the whirl of activity at a rehearsal of their fledgling troupe, Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami, is a whole other...
by Julia Rosica | Jun 28, 2017 | Profiles
The Royal Ballet principal Marianela Nuñez exudes femininity and strength. It’s no surprise, then, that her interpretation of the mythological huntress Sylvia, an independent, cunning young woman, is spot on. In this 2008 clip of the ballet choreographed...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Jun 1, 2017 | Company Life
Company class is a little more exciting these days at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Look over in the corner of the studio and it’s obvious why—Wendy Whelan is here. Dressed in a vest, with her pants tucked into her socks, one might almost forget that her name...
by Emma Love Suddarth | May 25, 2017 | Career
“Wait—explain it to me once more. If I move my phone around like this, then what will it look like?” This was me, last August. Pacific Northwest Ballet had commissioned my husband, corps member Price Suddarth, to choreograph Silent Resonance, the...
by Amy Brandt | May 17, 2017 | Company Life
In November, Lincoln Center announced that three of the world’s biggest companies—New York City Ballet, Paris Opéra Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet—would present a collaborative performance of George Balanchine’s Jewels July 20–23 in...
by Marissa DeSantis | May 11, 2017 | Company Life
Isabella Boylston clearly knows a thing or two about beauty. The American Ballet Theatre principal is as ethereal off the stage as she is on it, which is probably why Self tapped her to be the star in their Beauty Unfiltered video. Dressed in a pale pink body suit...
