Pointe Magazine

When severe flooding hit Texas last Fourth of July, making it unsafe for Ballet Austin summer intensive students to leave their dorms for several days, resident assistant Whitney Hester had to adjust quickly. With all outdoor activities canceled, Hester and her fellow RAs swiftly organized things to do inside to keep the students entertained and, most importantly, out of dang...

This summer at The Royal Ballet, veteran star Marianela Nuñez curates her first-ever show for the company. Marianela: Timeless, onstage at the Royal Opera House July 29–August 2, brings together an evening of repertoire selected by Nuñez to m...

Thirty-five years ago, Molly Lynch wondered what would happen if choreographers could have a space to create freely, without the pressure of premiering a completed work. “The vision was to develop a lab, basically, for choreographers,” says Lynch, who at the time was directing the now-closed Ballet Pacifica in Orange County, California. Lynch got to work and called the initia...

At the Paris Opéra Ballet, Hugo Marchand cuts an unmistakable silhouette: tall, dramatic, and driven by a seriousness that has defined his career since he became an étoile in 2017. Drawn to darker characters, the 32-year-old has made a specialty of complex roles like Mayerling’s Prince Rudolf and Maurice Béjart’s exposed Boléro. Now, American audiences will ...

This month, the Paris Opéra Junior Ballet will make its U.S. debut in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. As part of an annual summer gala held by the dance education organization Dancers’ Workshop, the Junior Ballet