by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jan 20, 2020 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. New York City Ballet’s Winter Season Opens With Two All-Balanchine Programs After a quick post-Nutcracker break, New York City Ballet is back. The company’s winter...
by Julia Guiheen | Sep 29, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. Premieres and Cross-Genre Collabs at Fall for Dance Festival The annual Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center kicks off on October 1. Now in its 16th year, the two-week...
by Natalia Boesch | Mar 25, 2019 | Profiles, Reverence
After growing up in Florida, how did you adjust to the climate when you moved to Winnipeg, Canada? It was shocking. The winter is brutal! Now I know what to expect, but it’s still a bit of a shock. I think the first day of snow was September 26th. Do you have a...
by Julia Guiheen | Feb 13, 2019 | Profiles, TBT
The individual touches that ballerinas incorporate into well-known classical variations are a source of endless fascination for us bunheads. (The abundant “variation compilation” videos on YouTube is proof of our obsession!) Odette’s solo in Swan...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Feb 4, 2019 | News
When Catherine Wreford found out that she had brain cancer in June 2013, with doctors predicting she had only two to six years left to live, there was one thing she knew she wanted to do: dance. She had grown up training in the recreational division at the Royal...
by Suzannah Friscia | Jan 30, 2019 | Career, News
Picture The Wizard of Oz, and your head probably fills with yellow brick roads, flying monkeys, emerald cities and ruby slippers. Now imagine what it takes to translate that magic to the stage—and what it would look like in pointe shoes. On Friday, Colorado...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 8, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. NYCB Bids Farewell to Principal Joaquin De Luz New York City Ballet’s fall season continues this week with a return to Jerome Robbins. Then, on October 14, the company...
by Madeline Schrock For Dance Magazine | Aug 1, 2018 | News
More than 60 former students from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet have joined a class-action lawsuit against the company and its former teacher and photographer Bruce Monk. Those involved are seeking $75 million in damages, for inappropriate photos that were taken of them...