Tag: james whiteside

The Dancer's Guide to the 2020 Election

With the 2020 election right around the corner, many have taken to social media to rally around the need to vote. This is especially true for members of the dance community, many of whom are concerned about how the election will impact not only the future of their careers, but also their human rights. The […]

Why More and More Men Are Dancing on Pointe

Like many professional dancers, New York City Ballet’s Gilbert Bolden III is totally used to sharing pics and vids of his dancing on social media. But in the fall of 2018, the corps de ballet member hesitated before posting one particular clip. “I was extremely nervous the first time I posted a video of me […]

Watch James Whiteside Work the Thom Browne Runway in a Tutu and Pointe Shoes

Say you’re perpetually impeccable designer Thom Browne. Say you’re planning your Spring 2020 Paris menswear show along a “Versailles country club” theme. Say you want a world-class danseur to open the show with some kind of appropriately fabulous choreography. Who do you call? James Whiteside, of course. On Saturday, the American Ballet Theatre principal—wearing pointe […]