Few things are more exciting to dancers than receiving a promotion in the ranks of a company. While many dancers get the...
John Lam, veteran of Boston Ballet, is the only Vietnamese-American dancer in a major U..S ballet company. Approaching his 20-year anniversary with...
“Sisters, sisters…” sang Vera-Ellen and Rosemary Clooney in the holiday classic White Christmas (is it in your head now?). The song describes...
The cadenzas of the harps, the scamper of tiny mice feet and the smell of rosin mixed with grease paint – you...
Back in 2020, Dance Informa talked with Columbian ballet dancer Daniel Ayala about top U.S. pre-professional training programs and the scholarships he received to… well… just about all of them....
When Fabrice Calmels left Chicago to move to L.A., it wasn’t in search of sun and sand. After 18 years dancing with...
When it comes to the life of a dancer, there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye. Whether it’s our...
We all have a favorite food, a favorite hoodie, a favorite TV show, a favorite song. We find comfort in these favorite...
“It gives me great pleasure to be able to promote three dancers in our company this evening.” Following the curtain-raiser performance of...
COVID hasn’t been sunshine and rainbows for anyone, really, and Lauren Lovette has certainly had her own deep difficulties through it all....
New York City Ballet (NYCB) recently announced the promotion of Chun Wai Chan to principal dancer. Following a series of debuts throughout...
Dance Informa talks with creators of the @modelsdoingballet Instagram page, Katie Malia and Suzanne Jolie. As both ballet dancers and comedians, they...
All dancers are amazing. That’s a fact. Every single dancer works hard, has discipline, is an artist in their own way and...
New York City Ballet (NYCB) has announced the promotion of three of the Company’s soloists. Harrison Ball, Jovani Furlan and Peter Walker...
Over the past few weeks, Australia’s long-awaited Ballet International Gala (BIG) event brought in world-class dancers from some of the globe’s most...
New York City Ballet (NYCB) has announced that Principal Dancer Teresa Reichlen will give her final performance with the Company on February 19, during...
We ask kids, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Often, they want the jobs their parents have: “My...
Ballet dancers do everything they can to extend their lines, not only through intensive technique and training, but right down to costume...
Sometimes, the best laid plans just don’t work out. And sometimes, they work out far better than expected. “Plans” is, perhaps, an...
New York City Ballet (NYCB) Principal Teresa Reichlen had been dancing since she was a teenager — as in not really ever taking a...
Before the initial lockdown happened in March 2020, dancer Hannah Bush had been looking for a change. She had been freelancing in...
In the late spring of 2019, one Boston Ballet dancer after another gave their final bow with the company (some from the...