It’s fascinating when you get a glimpse of a dancer’s offstage life, and it’s completely the opposite of what you’d expect based on her onstage presence. In a way it’s even better, though, when you find out that an artist’s non-dancer persona is exactly in tune with her dancer persona. There’s the sense that this […]
Each year around this time, the ballet companies of the world begin revealing the programming for their upcoming seasons. And every time a season-announcement press release lands in my inbox, I squeal like a kid on Christmas morning—because they’re all full of delicious ballet goodies. Premieres! Revivals! Old favorites! YUM, YUM AND YUM. New York […]
(Photo by Nathan Sayers) Dear Katie, My hamstrings are so tight! They’re limiting my extension. Do you know of any good stretches to loosen them up? —Cara Dear Cara, Tight hamstrings are so frustrating! Luckily, stretching really does help. The first exercise I’d recommend is something you probably already do—stretching with your leg in front […]
Kathryn Morgan, a former soloist with New York City Ballet, answers your dance questions.
From Broadway, to ballet, to contemporary, and commercial, four pros share their favorite audition looks!
Justin Peck in Ballet 422 (Courtesy Magnolia Pictures) For Justin Peck, the journey to the top didn’t end with a soloist contract at New York City Ballet: He caught the choreography bug, and he didn’t close up shop after creating one piece for the company. Instead, Peck—who at 27, is only the second person to […]
Former New York City Ballet soloist Kathryn Morgan offers resume advice.
Season 2 of “city.ballet.”—the AOL On series that gives an insider’s look at New York City Ballet—is live now! We’re recapping one episode per week. Watch all 12 at dancemagazine.com. Over the course of “city.ballet.,” we’ve seen all the insanely hard work that goes into a professional ballet career. But in the final episode of the […]