American Ballet Theatre announced today that Brooklyn Mack, a former Washington Ballet star, will join the company as a guest for its spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House. Currently an in-demand international guest artist, Mack will dance in three performances of ABT’s Le Corsaire this June. Known for his powerful, show-stopping bravura, Mack first […]
Once every four years, some of the ballet world’s best and brightest gather in Jackson, MS, to face off in the super-prestigious USA International Ballet Competition. The event’s list of alums is kind of ridiculous: Boston Ballet’s Misa Kuranaga and Jeffrey Cirio, The Royal Ballet’s Sarah Lamb, American Ballet Theatre’s Daniil Simkin and Sarah Lane, […]
Misty Copeland, the first African American soloist at American Ballet Theatre in more than 20 years, has yet to appear as Odette/Odile on U.S. soil. That changes this month: On April 9 and 12, Copeland will take center stage in The Washington Ballet’s first-ever full-length production of Swan Lake. Her Prince Siegfried will be TWB’s […]
Tomorrow night’s the night: American Ballet Theatre soloist (and all-around ballet superstar) Misty Copeland will appear as Odette/Odile for the first time in the U.S., dancing with The Washington Ballet alongside the equally brilliant Brooklyn Mack. Copeland and Mack as Odette and Prince Siegfried (Theo Kossenas, courtesy TWB) Why is this especially exciting? (Aside from […]
You may want to sit down for this: Misty Copeland will make her U.S. debut as Odette/Odile in the Washington Ballet’s Swan Lake this April. Alexandre Hammoudi and Misty Copeland in Swan Lake (photo by Darren Thomas) Though she made her debut-debut in the role during American Ballet Theatre’s Australian tour this past August, she’ll […]