A dancer is taking over Juilliard: Damian Woetzel will be the school’s next president, starting in July 2018. It’s just the latest feat for the former New York City Ballet star who’s racked up an impressive list of accomplishments since retiring from the stage in 2008. After earning a master’s degree in public administration from […]

New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck is working through a tap combination—in pointe shoes and a gray bowler hat. Nearby in the same New York City Center studio, the comedian and actor Bill Irwin goes over a note with Damian Woetzel, then rejoins Peck to practice a phrase together. They count aloud as they […]

This summer’s Vail International Dance Festival features the biggest stars in dance.   Lil Buck and Tiler Peck at Vail 2013. Photo by Erin Baiano, Courtesy Vail.   Since Damian Woetzel took over Colorado’s Vail International Dance Festival in 2007, audiences have come to expect novelty: diverse styles of dance, collaborations between of-the-moment stars and […]