Artist Profiles

What My Teacher Taught Me: South Chicago Dance Theatre’s Kia Smith On Her 3 Dance Mentors

as told to Jen Peters

Early Ballet Teacher: August Tye August Tye is the co-founder of Hyde Park School of Dance, formerly the Hyde Park School of Ballet. In the early 2000s, I had no money to train but really wanted to pursue dance and didn’t start taking traditional studio dance classes until I was in high school. Even after […]

Lisa Biagini in the bright Ailey studios with windows in the background, performs an X jump

Jazz Teacher Lisa Biagini on Luigi Jazz, Family Legacy, and Longevity in Dance

Catie Robinson

Group photo of Sydney Mesher with young dancers with limb differences dressed in ballet oufits.

How Rockette Sydney Mesher Teaches Dancers With Limb Differences

Rebecca Corey

Collage of images showing Diana Byer instructing dance students at the center and barre.

Diana Byer Is Bringing Back Ballet’s Long-Lost Steps With “Teaching Cecchetti”

Caedra Scott-Flaherty

Peter Veth dressed in traditional Cambodian dress performs on stage.

Peter Veth Is an Ambassador of Cambodian Classical Ballet 

Barry Kerollis

Brian Golden holding a dance pose against a red background on the left and on the right he kneels by a white prop on stage.

Brian Golden Redefines Disability Through Dance

Ashton Benn

The Remarkable Career of Myrna Kamara

Amy Brandt For Pointe Magazine

A collage of images of three freestyle Olympic skiiers from Team USA. The text on the right side reads "Qualified" Rell Harwood"; in the middle "Gold" Elizabeth Lemley; and on the far right "Qualified" Grace Henderson.

How Ballet West’s Allison DeBona Coached Team USA’s Olympic Freestyle Skiers

Reanne Rodrigues

Photos of Dutch National Ballet's principal Young Gyu Choi performing in Raymonda in images far left and right. He wears an embellished dark brown costume in the photo on the left and an embellished white costume on the right. In the center he is pictured with his teacher and mentor Sun Hee Kim.

What My Teacher Taught Me: Dutch National Ballet Principal Young Gyu Choi on His Lifelong Teacher, Sun Hee Kim

as told to Amy Brandt

Nnamdi Nwagwu weaing a white vest and blue shorts suspended in a sideways falling pose on stage.

Nnamdi Nwagwu on Coaching, Community, and Choreography

Ashton Benn

How Billy Barry Is Pushing the Gaga Practice

Barry Kerollis

Kate Loh pictured helping a student who is in a retiré position at the barre.

New York City–Based Ballet Teacher Kate Loh’s Journey From Performer to Open-Class Teacher

Catie Robinson

Collage of images of Katie Drablos. On far left she wears an orange top and white skirt with orange hearts; in her close-up middle image, she wears a denim jacket with a colorful fringe; and on the far left she is in a sweater with embellishments.

Katie Drablos on Finding Freedom Through Dance

Ashton Benn

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