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3 Dancers on What It’s Like to Switch Companies in the Middle of a Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has upended plans for dancers everywhere, but perhaps most so for those who signed on with new ballet companies back at the beginning of this year. Pointe asked three of them...
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How to Succeed in Dance, According to a 50-Year ABT Vet
What does it take to succeed as a dancer? Susan Jones—the American Ballet Theatre regisseur who first joined the company as a dancer on January 11, 1971—has 50 years of experience in watching what it...
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These Dancers Pursued Passions Outside of the Studio—and Found Fulfilling...
By nature, dancers are dedicated to preparing and rehearsing. Whether thinking ahead by sewing multiple pairs of shoes or making sure their plié is the perfect preparation for a pirouette, they...
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María Riccetto Talks About Her New Role as Artistic Director of Uruguay's...
On January 1, 2021, Uruguayan ballerina María Riccetto officially became the new director of her national ballet company, Ballet Nacional de Sodre. Seldom has the selection of a new leader felt so...
View ArticleAs Ballet Looks Toward Its Future, Let's Talk About Its Troubling Emotional...
As a ballet student, I distinctively remember being told that to survive ballet as a profession, one must be exceptionally thick-skinned and resilient. I always assumed it was because of the...
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How Is the Pandemic Affecting Ballet’s Job Market This Year?
For ballet companies, it’s been a year of uncertainty and making it up as they go. Pivot to online content? Check. Break dancers into pods? Sure. Cancel and reschedule programming over and over? Just...
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Ballet Co.Laboratory’s Unique Business Model Has Kept Its Dancers Securely...
In 2018, Zoé Emilie Henrot and eight other dancers suddenly found themselves unemployed when their Twin Cities–based company transitioned to a school-only model just weeks before their season was...
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Kevin McKenzie to Retire from American Ballet Theatre in 2022
Kevin McKenzie, American Ballet Theatre’s longtime artistic director, announced yesterday that he will retire at the end of 2022, after three decades at the helm. He will continue to oversee the...
View ArticleA Year Into the Pandemic, What Is the Future of the Corps de Ballet? Here's...
Occasionally, in my dreams, I relive the entrance of the Shades from La Bayadère. From the quiet, hypnotic buildup of arabesques snaking down the stage to the prayerlike moment when the entire corps...
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Dancers Share Their Key Takeaways After a Year of Dancing on Film
Creating dances specifically for film has become one of the most effective ways that ballet companies have connected with audiences and kept dancers employed during the pandemic. Around the world,...
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Returning to Live Audiences: How 4 Companies Have Gotten Back Onstage
Performing in front of live audiences again has been every ballet organization’s goal since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than a year ago. With vaccinations on the rise and light appearing at the...
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Chloé Lopes Gomes Talks About Her Recent Court Settlement, and Her Hope for a...
A lot has happened since last November, when French dancer Chloé Lopes Gomes went public with accusations of institutional racism against Staatsballett Berlin. After the company declined to renew her...
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Feeling Unchallenged? Here’s How to Advocate for Advancement in Your Company
Updated 10/11/22. You’re performing well year after year, but you’re still not being cast in larger roles. Your work ethic and technique are strong, but, for some reason, your director hasn’t...
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Moving Away From Family for Ballet: 4 Pros Share Their Experience and Advice
The life of a ballet dancer is full of sacrifices, and sacrificing time with family is no exception. When Maria Kochetkova graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, she knew she was considered too...
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Inside ABT’s Cross-Country Bus Tour: First Stop, Lincoln, Nebraska
This summer, American Ballet Theatre went on a major road trip. On June 28, the company embarked on its ABT Across America Tour, chartering six sleeper buses and three production trucks to travel to...
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Inside ABT’s Cross-Country Bus Tour, Part II: Iowa City, Chicago and Minneapolis
This summer, American Ballet Theatre went on a major road trip. On June 28, the company embarked on its ABT Across America Tour, chartering six sleeper buses and three production trucks to travel to...
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Inside ABT’s Cross-Country Bus Tour, Part III: St. Louis, Charleston and...
This summer, American Ballet Theatre went on a major road trip. On June 28, the company embarked on its ABT Across America Tour, chartering six sleeper buses and three production trucks to travel to...
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The Ballerina Baby Boom: Three Dancers on Being Pregnant During a Pandemic
Mathilde Froustey has always wanted to be a mother. “I never saw myself just as a dancer,” says the San Francisco Ballet principal. “Backstage, onstage, even when I was getting ready for a show, I...
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A Tale of Two Apprentices: What These Dancers Learned From Their (Very...
The route to a company’s roster often means working your way through several preliminary stages—professional training program, traineeship, apprenticeship or second company—in order to be considered...
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How 5 Pros Recovered From Their Biggest Onstage Fails
As live theater returns, we’re reminded again that anything can happen onstage. Be it falling, puking or losing your costume mid-performance, mishaps are a reality of the industry. It’s what you do...
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