by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 5, 2025 | News, The Latest
It’s the start of a new season, and the past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news. Check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in your September 2025 roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments American Ballet...
by Ellen Dunkel | Feb 5, 2020 | Career, Company Life, Instagram
When Christine Cox and Matthew Neenan were forming BalletX in 2005, they had big dreams: Still dancers with Pennsylvania Ballet, they aspired for their contemporary ballet company to perform at Jacob’s Pillow and Vail Dance Festival. They liked the idea of...
by Ellen Dunkel | Jul 7, 2019 | News
The Little Prince is one of the world’s most beloved books, and one every child reads in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s native Belgium. So when BalletX director Christine Cox hired Ochoa to make a new full-length ballet, the Netherlands-based choreographer...
by Amy Brandt | Nov 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
As I watched Helen Pickett rehearse her new work Tilt for Pennsylvania Ballet last week, there was no doubt in my mind that she’s a natural leader. Hovering closely around young corps dancer Jack Thomas during a run through, she pushed him to carve more space...
by Ashley Rivers | May 31, 2015 | Training
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. When she was a teenager, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet dancer Seia Rassenti’s training was about as classical as it could get. A full-time bunhead at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC, she...