by Kathleen Smith | Nov 13, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Helen Pickett is a happy camper. When we speak over Zoom, she is in the final weeks of creating a new work for the National Ballet of Canada, Emma Bovary—her first commission for the company. The 60-minute contemporary ballet focuses on the flawed and tragic heroine...
by Kyra Laubacher | May 15, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
You’ve likely heard of Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible from high school. But the weighty story has also come to life through various artistic iterations, from live theater to film and even ballet. This month, Scottish Ballet tours Helen Pickett’s The Crucible...
by April Deocariza | May 6, 2021 | Onstage
The rollout of vaccinations is helping the U.S. turn a corner during this coronavirus pandemic, and artists and audience members alike are looking forward to enjoying live performances once again. It couldn’t be more perfect timing, then, for the inaugural...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 12, 2020 | Career, Company Life, Higher Ed, Training
Summer intensives aren’t just for teenagers anymore. Several companies and schools are now offering ballet programs tailored to the specific needs of young adults in their early career or in college. In addition to helping dancers stay in shape, these intensives...
by Rainesford Stauffer | Jul 1, 2018 | Career
In January, when news broke that Peter Martins had retired from New York City Ballet amid allegations of sexual harassment and physical and verbal abuse, I was sitting with my mother, a former dancer and teacher. We stared at the headline in shock, wondering what this...
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 Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jan 31, 2015 | News
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2015 issue of Pointe. Atlanta Ballet’s resident choreographer Helen Pickett has embarked on a new challenge: choreographing her first full-length ballet, Camino Real, inspired by the 1953 Tennessee Williams...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
This week, Boston Ballet hosts its first-ever Choreographic Intensive in Marblehead, MA. Student Leah Hirsch will be blogging daily from the Intensive for Pointe. Stay tuned for more entries! As I drove out of Boston yesterday, past the prim and...