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Pacific Northwest Ballet Announces 2023-24 Season Line-Up

Highlights include the return of
Kent Stowell’s iconic Swan Lake, the comedic Coppélia, and Crystal Pite’s stunning The Seasons’ Canon.

Ballet Idaho: Dance Data Project Announces the 2023 Gender Equity Index Rankings

Ballet Idaho is thrilled to be the recipient of the Dance Data Project®’s Gender Equity Index Best Company (Male Artistic Leadership) Overall award in the performing arts.

SF Ballet Dancer Spotlight: Jasmine Jimison

Soloist Jasmine Jimison, a native of Palo Alto who was named a “breakout talent” by the San Francisco Chronicle, was appointed Apprentice in 2018 after studying at SF Ballet School, and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in 2019. She was promoted to Soloist in 2021.

In The News

The Joffrey Ballet Announces 2023/2024 Season

The Joffrey Ballet Announces 2023/2024 Season

Joffrey’s 2023/2024 Season at Lyric Opera House, featuring a Chicago debut of a full-length gothic masterpiece set in the dawn of modern science; a mixed rep program featuring a world premiere; the return of a Swedish tour de force; and a holiday tradition boldly reimagined for a new generation.

Meet Katherine Dunham: The Matriarch and Queen Mother of Black Dance

Meet Katherine Dunham: The Matriarch and Queen Mother of Black Dance

The world of ballet is replete with amazing Black dancers who have forever changed the art form, and yet seldom receive the recognition they deserve. Today we highlight the unstoppable Katherine Dunham – dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist who has been called the “matriarch and queen mother of Black dance.”

Interviews

Prelude: A Look Inside The Inspirations of Ellen Warren’s Costumes for NYCB’s Copland Dance Episodes

Prelude: A Look Inside The Inspirations of Ellen Warren’s Costumes for NYCB’s Copland Dance Episodes

We begin our Prelude series exploring Ellen Warren’s costume design for NYCB’s Resident Choreographer Justin Peck’s Copland Dance Episodes. Copland, Peck’s first full-evening work, is a tribute to one of America’s foremost composers Aaron Copland. In collaboration with the painter and sculptor Jeffrey Gibson, Copland Dance Episodes builds on Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes, Peck’s first work set to a Copland composition.

Xuan Cheng On Hong Kong Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet

Xuan Cheng On Hong Kong Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet

In early December, we had the opportunity to catch up with Xuan Cheng, Principal Dancer and Ballet Mistress with Hong Kong Ballet(HKB) and Principal Dancer with Oregon Ballet Theatre, during her rehearsal process…

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SF Ballet Dancer Spotlight: Jasmine Jimison

SF Ballet Dancer Spotlight: Jasmine Jimison

Soloist Jasmine Jimison, a native of Palo Alto who was named a “breakout talent” by the San Francisco Chronicle, was appointed Apprentice in 2018 after studying at SF Ballet School, and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in 2019. She was promoted to Soloist in 2021.

PNB’s Program Notes: Giselle

PNB’s Program Notes: Giselle

The idea for Giselle (1841) was inspired by two ghost stories, both read with relish by Théophile Gautier, the colorful balletomane, poet, critic, man-about-town, and staunch defender of Romanticism.

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