Mark your calendars! This Tuesday, July 7, join pre-professional dancers across the globe in an inaugural live-stream event celebrating World Ballet School Day 2020. Made “by students for students,” the event aims to bring young generations of dancers together in an international recognition of the unifying power of ballet, dance and the art world at […]
When Joseph Morrissey first took the helm of the dance division at Interlochen Center for the Arts, a boarding high school in Interlochen, Michigan, he found a fully established pre-professional program with space to grow. And his vision was big, with plans to stage the kind of ambitious repertory he’d experienced during his dance career. […]
Last year, Kensington MacMillen auditioned for summer programs away from home for the first time. A longtime Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet student, MacMillen had spent previous summers at her home studio, but now she was ready to branch out. After auditioning for three programs, her first response was a rejection from Miami City Ballet. “A […]
Over the years, one thing kept Boston Ballet School director Margaret Tracey up at night. While she feels enormous pride in the training the school’s pre-professional division provides, she worried about how her students are doing outside of dance: namely, in academics and residential life. “My sleepless nights happen when I think about a young […]
It’s summer intensive season, people! Dancers go away to train for weeks at a time and come home having grown by leaps and bounds from all of the endless hours of focused attention with some of the nation’s top talent. Wanting to stay abreast of all of the fabulous summer programs going on this summer? […]
Dance Teacher asked nine respected instructors to identify the most common technique mistakes they see when addressing a group of students for the first time. Here, they discuss the origins of these problems and offer their best solutions. …crunching their toes. Watmora Casey Artistic Director, Faubourg School of Ballet Hanover Park, IL Teaches ballet I […]
Boston Ballet School has joined the list of schools that are official partners of the Prix de Lausanne international ballet competition. As a partner, BBS offers competition winners scholarships for one year of training or a year-long apprenticeship with the company. Prix de Lausanne partners include American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, Houston Ballet […]
Boston Ballet’s Isaac Akiba and Erica Cornejo rehearsing Yury Yanowsky’s Smoke and Mirrors Before Isaac Akiba became a soloist with Boston Ballet, his Boston Ballet School teacher Kathleen Mitchell taught him that it’s his responsibility to make every moment in class count. “One time in class, it wasn’t my group’s turn to do the combination, […]