by Dance Spirit | Jun 30, 2021 | Site Network
When Ashton Edwards was 3 years old, the Edwards family went to see a holiday production of The Nutcracker in their hometown, Flint, MI. For the young child, it was love at first sight. “I saw a beautiful, black Clara,” Ashton says, “and I wanted to...
by Dance Magazine | May 23, 2021 | Site Network
Join Dance Magazine for an “Ask Me Anything” with June cover star Jamar Roberts on Monday, June 14, at 4 pm Eastern. Send us all your questions for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater standout and resident choreographer, and we’ll get to as many...
by Karen Campbell | May 5, 2021 | Digital Cover Star, Profiles
Chisako Oga is a dancer on the move—in more ways than one. From childhood training in Texas, California and Japan to a San Francisco Ballet apprenticeship to her first professional post with Cincinnati Ballet, where she quickly rose to principal dancer, she has rarely...
by Dance Magazine | Mar 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dancer Jerron Herman is all about welcoming. As writer Meredith Fages wrote in Dance Magazine’s March cover story: While he creates primarily through the lenses of Blackness and disability, he creates for everyone. “There’s nothing in what I do that...
by Marcie Sillman | Feb 28, 2021 | Instagram, Profiles
Hollywood could make a movie about Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan’s big break at Pacific Northwest Ballet. It was November 2017, and the company was performing Crystal Pite’s film-noir–inspired Plot Point, set to music by Bernard Hermann from Alfred...
by Dance Magazine | Feb 23, 2021 | The Latest
What is the secret sauce to Skylar Brandt’s seemingly superhuman technique? (Those balances! Those turns!) Well, the American Ballet Theatre principal is ready to share some insights. Take a free online class with the cover star of our February issue through...
by Dance Magazine | Jan 27, 2021 | The Latest
Between her distinctive presence as a dancer in Kyle Abraham’s A.I.M and her own creative vision as a choreographer, Keerati Jinakunwiphat was a natural fit for Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” list this year. Now, you can take a free online...
by Helen Hope | Sep 22, 2020 | Instagram, Profiles
This is Pointe’s Fall 2020 cover story. Click here to purchase this issue. Talk to anyone about rising contemporary ballerina Tatiana Melendez, and one word is bound to come up repeatedly: “Fierce.” And fair enough, that’s a perfectly apt way...