#TBT: Nina Ananiashvili in "Don Quixote"

#TBT: Nina Ananiashvili in "Don Quixote"

Twenty years ago, Nina Ananiashvili, the current artistic director of the State Ballet of Georgia, graced the cover of Pointe’s second issue. At the time, she was a principal dancer with both the Bolshoi Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Her expressiveness and...
#TBT: Susan Jaffe as Kitri in "Don Quixote"

#TBT: Susan Jaffe as Kitri in "Don Quixote"

Kitri’s Act I variation in Don Quixote is short—but not exactly sweet. Though this clip from a 90s documentary lacks the ballet’s usual setting of matadors milling around a Spanish plaza, former American Ballet Theatre principal Susan Jaffe doesn’t...
#TBT: Susan Jaffe as Kitri in "Don Quixote"

#TBT: Cynthia Harvey in Don Quixote

Ballet is nothing without technique, but when a performance is accompanied by nothing more than that, it loses its allure. Not so in this 1983 clip of American Ballet Theatre’s Cynthia Harvey in Don Quixote. Here, she’s a breath of fresh air, striking the...
#TBT: Susan Jaffe as Kitri in "Don Quixote"

A Classic Kitri's Advice

Walking may seem like the simplest moment you have on stage. But the way in which you take a step can reveal volumes about your character. In Pointe’s April/May issue, four dancers spoke with writer Joseph Carman about how they approach the walking and running...