Tag: ballet

Calling All Bunheads! Pacific Northwest Ballet Is Live-Streaming "Swan Lake"

Mark your calendars, bunheads! On Monday, January 29th, at 2:45 PM (EST)/11:45 AM (PST), Pacific Northwest Ballet will be streaming a live rehearsal of Act II of Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake. There are few things cooler than getting a front-row seat to a major ballet company’s rehearsal, especially when swans, Prince Siegfried, and Tchaikovsky’s lush […]

Watch a Moving Underwater Ballet Created to Raise Awareness About Depression

Many who suffer from depression describe feeling like they’re drowning, desperately trying to keep their heads above water. In “Sink or Swim,” a poetic new short film, Royal Ballet principal Francesca Hayward embodies that struggle in a haunting underwater ballet. Directed by filmmaker Louis-Jack, choreographed by Charlotte Edmonds, and supported in part by the mental […]

Ryan Steele Writes a Letter to His Teenage Self

Ryan Steele has become a Broadway mainstay, thanks to his powerful technique and commanding stage presence. He’s been a part of the original casts of hit shows, including Newsies and Matilda, played a Lost Boy in Peter Pan Live!, and performed in the first national tour of An American in Paris. A Walled Lake, MI, […]

Dear Katie: How Can I Control My Flexibility?

In our “Dear Katie” series, former NYCB soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email [email protected] for a chance to be featured! Dear Katie, I’m really, really flexible. I know that doesn’t sound like a problem—but it is! It’s really hard for me to control the wonk. […]

How College Career Counselors Can Help You Advance Your Dance Career

If you want to go far with dance after college, head to your university’s career services office early and often. “We try to see all first-years during their first semester,” says Faith McClellan, director of Field Work Term and career development at Bennington College in Bennington, VT. “That’s when you should ask the big questions: […]