by Pointe Magazine | Dec 29, 2023 | News, The Latest
It’s that time of year again…Introducing your 2023 Readers’ Choice Standout Performances! From Nutcracker to romantic classics, exciting world premieres, and more, a variety of performances by dancers and companies made this year’s list. We love learning what has made...
by Leigh Witchel | Apr 19, 2022 | Company Life
One of the trickiest moves in Balanchine’s Serenade isn’t a dance step, and it wasn’t even part of the ballet until it was well past 40. It’s the moment where the Waltz Girl undoes her hair onstage before the final movement. It can go beautifully or badly, including...
by Martha Anne Toll | Apr 12, 2022 | News, The Latest
Toni Bentley reached ballet’s heights as part of the last group of New York City Ballet dancers to work with George Balanchine. Even before a hip injury forced her into early retirement, she had penned Winter Season: A Dancer’s Journal, a beautiful take on daily life...
by Sterling Hyltin As Told To Gavin Larsen | Oct 29, 2017 | Career, Profiles, Technique
I just can’t help feeling joy when I dance the Waltz Girl. Afterwards, I feel so at peace and nourished as a ballerina. I love to scuba dive, and Serenade reminds me of a reef, with schools of fish in all these different groupings, and singular entities darting...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 21, 2017 | Profiles
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, chances are that you experienced the eclipse-mania that took over the country yesterday. Thousands flocked to the 70-mile-wide path of totality (the path of the moon’s shadow), which stretched from Oregon to South...
by Madeline Schrock | May 31, 2014 | Company Life
Pipit-Suksun in company class at Ballet San Jose (photo by Alejandro Gomez) Ballet San Jose principal Ommi Pipit-Suksun’s workout is carefully crafted—two parts mental preparation and one part each cardio and Pilates. She’s found the best times of day to sneak in...