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Tai Jimenez, born and raised in Queens, New York, began her ballet training with Joan Millen Mesh. She went on to study at the School of American Ballet for four years before joining Dance Theatre of Harlem at age 17. Jimenez was a principal ballerina with DTH for 12 years before joining Boston Ballet as […]
One defining quality dance training offers is honing a person’s ability to react to situations in real time. Whether salvaging an onstage mishap, hiding an error from the audience, or making quick decisions about survival when tragedy strikes, a dancer’s training informs them how to pivot quickly both onstage and in life. This was exactly […]
The ballet world was stirring last August when it was announced that Bojan Spassoff would be retiring from his role as president and director of The Rock School for Dance Education after more than three decades. Together with his wife, Stephanie, Spassoff has coached some of ballet’s brightest stars, including Michaela DePrince, Isaac and Esteban […]
According to the new documentary DANSEUR, 85% of males who study dance in the United States are bullied or harassed. A quote in the film from Dr. Doug Risner, faculty member at Wayne State University, states, “If this scope of bullying occurred in any activity other than dance, it would be considered a public health […]
Few things are more powerful for promoting ballet performances than captivating trailers—especially in today’s visually-focused, digitally-connected world. We’ve rounded up some eye-catching ads from seasons past and present that not only make us wish we could have seen the show, but also stand alone as short films. Bucharest National Opera’s La Sylphide Magnifying the scarf […]
To celebrate Valentine’s Day in the most dance-centric way possible, we sat down with five powerhouse dance-teaching couples to talk about their love stories. What do they admire about each other? What are their couple goals and their teaching philosophies, and how do they make their relationships work, especially when they work together? Get ready […]
For the past decade, Merritt Moore has been living a double life as both a professional ballerina and a quantum physicist. While dancing with Zurich Ballet and Boston Ballet, she received her undergrad degree from Harvard in physics, and she’s currently pursuing a PhD in quantum physics at Oxford while performing with English National Ballet […]
Merritt Moore is a ballerina who just so happens to be graduating from Oxford University with a PhD in quantum physics. Is she even human? The jury is still out on that – but the 29-year-old, who earned her undergrad degree from Harvard, has actually found dance to be a powerful tool that assists her […]
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, […]