To some dancers, a winter without The Nutcracker may seem like a gift. No Tchaikovsky on an endless loop. No missing real parties to dance in the party scene. No pulling fake snow out of your hair. It’s the stuff that burned-out ballerinas might dream about in mid-December. But, true to E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original “Nutcracker […]

George Balanchine’s statement “See the music, hear the dance” is often quoted as a way of appreciating the architecture of his choreography, manifested from the score. The mathematics of music transmutes into movement in the flesh. But we often take for granted the geometric shapes that comprise ballet’s architecture and what they represent. It seems […]

We asked American Ballet Theatre soloist Skylar Brandt to share a recipe she’s been making while sheltering in place during the pandemic. She invited us inside (digitally) to watch her make an epic ice cream sundae.

Kathryn Morgan is on a mission to change the dance field. The Miami City Ballet soloist and March Dance Magazine cover star appeared on the “Today” Show on February 27 where she openly discussed the challenges of body image and mental health in dance. Two days later, Morgan took to her own YouTube channel to […]

Let me start with a confession: Growing up, I was the type of dancer who believed that there was only one kind of real dance: Ballet! Everything else was for the unchosen ones; other dances were fabricated by humans for the large masses who were not selected by Terpsichore. Dance was human. Ballet was divine. […]

“Is everyone okay?” was my most used sentence during my time with American Ballet Theatre. There I was, leading world-class ABT dancers through my own choreographic process. I knew that it was unlike anything they’d ever experienced, but I think half of the time I was asking that question, it was really directed to myself. […]

Update: Raffaella Stroik’s body was found near a boat ramp in Florida, Missouri on Wednesday morning. No information about what led to the death is currently available. Our thoughts are with her friends and family. Raffaella Stroik , a 23-year-old dancer with the Saint Louis Ballet, went missing on Monday. Her car was found with […]

When Boston Ballet principal dancer Paulo Arrais was approached to choreograph for the company’s spring program, Rhapsody, he immediately knew where he wanted to draw inspiration from. “I grew up in a part of Brazil where it was very common to see domestic violence,” says Arrais. “I’m angry about this problem and I’m trying to […]