by Alexandra Martin | Jul 14, 2023 | Company Life, Health & Body, Nutrition, Pointe+
Touring is both exciting and stressful. It’s an opportunity to travel to new places, and to perform in new theaters and for new audiences. But it can also be challenging when it comes to nutrition. Depending on where you travel and the intensity of your schedule, you...
by Gavin Larsen | Nov 15, 2011 | Company Life
I dragged myself off the plane after the 12-hour flight to Melbourne, stiff, fuzzy-headed from jet lag, and wondering if I could ever get pointe shoes on my swollen feet again. At the same time, I was bursting with excitement. As a 20-year-old corps dancer with...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
As four members of the Shanghai Ballet blocked the opening of Jules Perrot’s Pas de Quatre at Shanghai’s Majestic Theatre, a lone cowboy wandered out of a wing. Clad in the bright aqua shirt and black Stetson worn by the male corps in George...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
My name is Amanda Schull. I am a fifth-year corps member with the San Francisco Ballet. During my time with the company I have been lucky enough to travel on tour to several different countries. This past September, SFB stopped in Athens, Greece, before heading to the...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Go behind the scenes with Boston Ballet principal Misa Kuranaga as she blogs from the company’s Spain tour —plus photos! I’m writing from Barcelona, Spain where I’m on tour with Boston Ballet for five weeks and in six...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Richmond Ballet is currently making its international debut in a tour to London. Dancer Maggie Small is giving Pointe the inside scoop. Read her earlier post here. The past two days we have been rehearsing in the Royal Ballet School studios and at the Linbury...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Richmond Ballet is currently making its international debut in a tour to London. Dancer Maggie Small is giving Pointe the inside scoop. Read her earlier posts here and here. We’ve completed our weekend of performances at the Linbury Theater! The audiences were...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is currently on tour in Israel to perform in the 25th anniversary of Karmiel Dance Festival. Principal dancer Alexandra Kochis is guest blogging about the experience for Pointe. Our second day in Israel dawned sunny and beautiful. After...