Tag: lauren lovette

Dance Spirit and photographer Erin Baiano accompanied New York City Ballet principal—and budding choreographer—Lauren Lovette around for a day. Here’s an insider’s look at Lovette’s well-rounded life.

You know we’re obsessed with dancers’ pointe shoe prep. But without a strong articulate foot to bring it to life, a pointe shoe is just a shiny pink boot. Cue New York City Ballet principal Lauren Lovette in a behind-the-scenes video for Allure. Rather than talking about her shoe prep, she goes into detail about […]

When you hear “mattress ad,” the first place your mind goes probably isn’t “world-class ballerina.” And yet: Airweave Mattress has tapped fabulous New York City Ballet principal (and choreographer!) Lauren Lovette for its latest ad campaign, and the result is beautiful. A video posted by airweave USA (@airweaveusa) on May 25, 2016 at 12:34pm PDT […]

Every July, New York City Ballet heads to Saratoga Springs, NY for their annual residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and every July, us members of the dance world watch in envy as NYCB company members’ Saratoga photos start filling our Instagram feeds. Sara Mearns rehearsing onstage at SPAC (Photo by Kyle Froman Photography) They’ve got […]

Let’s step into a time machine and take a trip all the way back to September 2010, shall we? Lady Gaga won the MTV Video of the Year Award for “Bad Romance;” “Dancing with the Stars” Season 11 began with celebrities Jennifer Grey and Kristi Yamaguchi; and two promising New York City Ballet apprentices graced […]

Season 2 of “city.ballet.”—the AOL On series that gives an insider’s look at New York City Ballet—is live now! We’re recapping one episode per week. Watch all 12 at dancemagazine.com.  Ah, dancer love. It seems so much more intense than regular old civilian love, amirite? Dancing together is such an inherently romantic, and inherently intimate, thing. Episode 9 of “city.ballet.” follows Lauren […]

It’s spring! It’s spring! It’s finally, finally spring! Actually, it’s 40 degrees and rainy here in NYC (womp). But the spring signifier that REALLY matters to me and my fellow bunheads is the kickoff of ballet season—and that happened last night, aka opening night at New York City Ballet. Over the next couple of months, […]

With Jules (left) during NYCB’s intermission Before the curtain rose on New York City Ballet’s Saturday matinee of Coppélia, I glanced to my left and noticed that my friend sitting next to me, Jules, was bobbing her head to the ballet’s overture. I laughed—I was doing the same. It’s funny how music that we all […]