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Once Adriana Pierce caught the choreography bug as a teenager, dancemaking came naturally. More difficult was navigating the tricky situations that would arise when choreographing on classmates and friends. “If a rehearsal didn’t go well, I’d worry that people didn’t respect me or didn’t like my work,” says Pierce, who went on to participate in […]
Kathryn Morgan’s inspiring, unconventional journey in ballet is entering a new chapter as she becomes the main ballet teacher of the Trainee Program at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. Morgan, 27, was a New York City Ballet soloist until an autoimmune illness in 2012 forced her to refocus her love of […]
Lauren Lovette is having a good year. Maybe too good—after creating her first ballet for New York City Ballet last fall, For Clara, she realized she’d checked one of the last items off her dance bucket list. “Once you choreograph on New York City Ballet, you’re like, ‘Well, I didn’t dream past this,’” says the […]
In her work as director of physical therapy for New York City Ballet, Marika Molnar relies on tools like bands, balls and Pilates equipment to rehabilitate and strengthen dancers. She says there’s a place for such tools in daily dance classes, as well. Resistance and stability tools can help students develop strength and even break […]
When Jennie Somogyi retired from New York City Ballet, she found herself in high demand as a teacher. Parents called, texted and persisted. “I don’t even know how some of them got my contact information,” she says with a laugh. But Somogyi, who departed from NYCB in 2015 after a 22-year career, hadn’t made any […]
For dance photographer Kyle Froman, taking a really great photo is like…vacuuming? Well, sort of. Froman, whose thrilling, behind-the-scenes shots of New York City Ballet dancers are up right now at the 92nd St. Y as part of an exhibition called Athletes of God, admits that he likes to bring order to the chaos. Last […]
Ballet choreographer wunderkind Justin Peck dropped a trailer last week for his new ballet, The Times Are Racing, and I can’t stop watching it. That’s partly because it takes place in a subway station—which fascinates me endlessly as a New Yorker (Look! I take those stairs!)—but mostly because the score by Dan Deacon is driving […]
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Revelations This fall, great American dance is coming to a movie theater near you. The Lincoln Center at the Movies series kicked off on September 24 with screenings of San Francisco Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet in nearly 400 cinemas nationwide. On October 22, dance lovers can see Alvin Ailey […]
Gonzalo Garcia in George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments Manhattan’s Ballet Academy East announces its newest faculty appointment in the pre-professional division: Gonzalo Garcia, New York City Ballet principal. The school’s pre-professional division, where Garcia will teach partnering, technique and men’s classes, is directed by Darla Hoover with a curriculum based on the teachings of Marcia […]
Körbes with Karel Cruz in one of her final rehearsals at PNB The Los Angeles dance scene’s meteoric rise continues, with another major gain for the Golden Coast: the superlative Carla Körbes. We hadn’t finished drying our eyes following her retirement from Pacific Northwest Ballet earlier this month, when the announcement came she’d been appointed […]