National Ballet of Japan’s New Nutcracker Streams for Free Starting June 6
It may be June, but Nutcracker season is already in the air. Beginning June 6, audiences worldwide can tune in to the National Ballet of Japan’s new production of The Nutcracker, by British choreographer Will Tuckett. Recorded on December 25, 2025, at Tokyo’s New National Theatre, the performance features dancers from the company alongside students […]
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Lucien Postlewaite Looks Back on His 23-Year Career
Chatting with Lucien Postlewaite, it’s immediately apparent that he’s a deep thinker. The Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer has done a lot of introspection and self-reflection—skills that he now imparts to others through his work as a life coach. But he also trusts his gut, especially when it comes to major career moves. So when […]
BalletX Looks to the Future With The Four Seasons Reimagined
How can we think about the future if there is no planet Earth? This is the foundational question that struck BalletX artistic director Christine Cox while pondering the future of the United States. Last year, Cox had been asked to envision a new forward-looking ballet for a program celebrating America’s 250th at Philadelphia’s Highmark Mann […]
Your June 2026 Roster Roundup: Dancers and Directors on the Move
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in your June 2026 roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments At Ballet West, Rylee Ann Rogers has been promoted to first soloist; Nicole Fannéy, William Lynch, Lexi McCloud, and Loren Walton to soloist; Maren Florence […]
Diana Byer Is Bringing Back Ballet’s Long-Lost Steps With “Teaching Cecchetti”
Diana Byer has decided to, as her younger students might say, “get on the apps.” Byer is the founder and former artistic director of New York Theatre Ballet and is regarded as a master teacher of the Cecchetti method. She studied for 20 years with the British ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher Margaret Craske (1892–1990), who herself […]
Meet Cassidy Cocke, the Dancer Flexing Her Creative Muscles in Magazine Production
Juggling ballet and a second job isn’t unusual, but Cassidy Cocke has taken her part-time side gigs to next-level mastery. The Los Angeles Ballet dancer is responsible for a variety of creative production tasks as assistant to the editor-in-chief of BASIC magazine, a luxury fashion publication headquartered in Beverly Hills. Photo courtesy of Cocke. You […]
National Ballet of Canada’s Calley Skalnik Works Out to Complement Repertoire
When it comes to protecting, maintaining, and preparing her body for ballet, National Ballet of Canada first soloist Calley Skalnik recognizes the value of balanced training. During the pandemic, she partnered with fellow personal trainer Lucie Wang to co-found American Barre Academy, which uses AngleCentric, a method based in Sculpt and barre that incorporates movements […]
What Should Ballet Dancers Know About Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes?
When Adriana Wagenveld sits down on the floor and straightens her legs, her feet lift five inches. Wagenveld, a company dancer with Charlotte Ballet, has hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), a connective-tissue disorder that causes extreme joint mobility, such as her knee hyperextension. The syndrome falls under a larger group of genetic disorders, Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS), […]
Scottish Ballet’s Mary, Queen of Scots Tours to the U.S.
When Scottish Ballet premiered Mary, Queen of Scots last summer in the U.K., the ballet was an instant hit. Now, the company is bringing the full-length production, which has been nominated for three National Dance Awards, to the U.S. for two engagements. It will have its North American premiere at the Spoleto Festival USA in […]
Young Dancers Prepare for the 2026 Helsinki International Ballet Competition
Nearly every four years since 1984, Finland’s capital city has welcomed talented young dancers from across the globe for the Helsinki International Ballet Competition. For some, it’s an opportunity to gain experience performing abroad. For others, it’s a chance at cash prizes, scholarships, acceptance to training programs, or even employment offers. This year, the competition […]