Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We hope you’re enjoying this wonderful day of feasting. In the spirit of the holiday, we thought we’d reflect on the dance things we’re grateful for this year. Here are our editors’ top picks. Katherine Beard, assistant editor “I’m thankful for the next generation of black ballerinas who are making the ballet […]
Misty Copeland is unstoppable this month: In addition to releasing a buzzy new line of super-pretty activewear, designed in collaboration with Under Armour, she also sat down with Refinery29 for an in-depth interview, discussing everything from diversity in ballet to her take on fitness trends like barre classes. In the interview, Copeland added her thoughts […]
Though ballet has come a long way from its early days, New York City Ballet corps member, Olivia Boisson—one of the handful of black dancers in the industry—says there’s still plenty more that can be done to promote diversity within the art form. Boisson got real about her experience in an article for Women’s Health, […]
Most of us first met Jasmine Perry back in 2014, during her turn on Teen Vogue‘s web series “Strictly Ballet.” At that point, Perry was a coltish teenager finishing up her last year at the School of American Ballet. Since then, she’s taken a job with Los Angeles Ballet and matured into a dancer of […]
Dance runs in India Bradley’s family: Her mother is a dance teacher and a former member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Unsurprisingly, Bradley ended up in dance classes at a young age, studying a little bit of everything but falling hardest for ballet. After training at Dance Theatre of Harlem and the School of […]
New York City Ballet corps member Rachel Hutsell was practically destined to join the company: “When I was about two years old, my grandmother gave me a video of New York City Ballet performing George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, and I watched it every single night for two years!” she says. “That was what first sparked […]
There’s a serenity and ease to every one of Miranda Silveira’s movements. Even in a lightning-fast classical variation, her port de bras is effortlessly liquid. Growing up in Barcelona, Spain, Silveira excelled at everything from hip hop to tap to contemporary. She moved to Madrid at 14 to start getting serious about ballet at the […]
The answer to Canton, MI, native Precious Adams’ ballet dreams lay abroad. Adams studied at the National Ballet School of Canada (relatively near her home in Michigan), and eventually her desire to seek out the best possible training led her even further afield, to the Monte Carlo Ballet’s Princess Grace Academy, and the Bolshoi Ballet […]