by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jan 30, 2020 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, News, The Latest, Trending
Over the past few weeks, tensions have risen around New York City Ballet principal Amar Ramasar’s casting in the Broadway revival of West Side Story, set to open February 20. Ramasar is currently embroiled in a lawsuit surrounding the sharing of sexually...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Apr 18, 2019 | News, Profiles
One of the country’s top arbitrators has decided to reinstate Amar Ramasar and Zachary Catazaro to New York City Ballet. The former principals were fired last fall for “inappropriate communications,” namely graphic text messages. The dancers’...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Sep 16, 2018 | News
New York City Ballet fired principal dancers Amar Ramasar and Zachary Catazaro on Saturday. Both had initially been suspended until 2019 for engaging in “inappropriate communications,” while principal Chase Finlay, who was the instigator of those...
by Lauren Wingenroth For Dance Magazine | Sep 6, 2018 | News
Former School of American Ballet student Alexandra Waterbury, 19, is suing New York City Ballet and her ex-boyfriend, former principal dancer Chase Finlay. Finlay resigned suddenly last week , and principals Amar Ramasar and Zachary Catazaro were put on unpaid leave...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Aug 28, 2018 | News, Trending
New York City Ballet will be three male principals short this season. Due to “inappropriate communications,” Amar Ramasar and Zachary Catazaro have been suspended without pay until 2019, and Chase Finlay has resigned, effective immediately, according to...
by Marissa DeSantis | Oct 12, 2017 | Profiles
Zachary Catazaro is ending his New York City Ballet Fall 2017 season on a high note. NYCB’s ballet master in chief, Peter Martins, announced Catazaro’s promotion from soloist to principal on Oct. 12th, just before the company’s evening performance....
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | May 28, 2015 | News, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. Pacific Northwest Ballet principal Carla Körbes announced in September of last year that she would retire at the end of the 2014–15 season—her last performance with the company will be on June 7....