Audition Etiquette: 8 Reminders for the Big Day
Summer intensive auditions are the perfect chance to showcase your dance skills—but there’s so much more that goes into making a good impression. While a school’s evaluators look at your technique and potential, they’re also observing how you conduct yourself. Understanding studio etiquette—sharing space, staying focused, respecting your peers and instructors—not only makes the experience […]
New Year, New Ballets for January 2026
It’s a new year, and with that come several new ballets to help ring in 2026. Across North America, choreographers are reimagining canonical works, putting their own spins on celebrated texts, and creating exciting neoclassical pieces. From San Francisco to Alberta and beyond, here are some innovative premieres hitting the stage over the next few […]
Audition-Video Boot Camp: How to Film Your Best Reel Yet
Audition season is fast approaching, and with it comes the dreaded video submission. This short video highly determines whether or not a company will invite you to audition in person. With variables like camera quality, lighting, and editing to consider, the process can seem overwhelming. Pointe spoke to experts on both sides of the audition […]
India Bradley, NYCB’s Sparkly New Soloist, Steps Into the Spotlight
As a newly minted soloist at New York City Ballet, India Bradley now routinely performs featured roles. But even when she was an apprentice—dancing not, say, Dewdrop, but in the back of the flower corps—your eyes would follow her everywhere. Bradley grabs parts big and small with both hands, filling them to bursting with energy […]
Looking Back on Some of Our Favorite Pointe Stories of 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, the team at Pointe is reflecting on some of the stories we enjoyed working on this year and pulling back the curtain on how they came to life. From our interviews with top stars to rising talent and coverage of major moments in ballet, here are some behind-the-scenes moments […]
Readers’ Choice: Standout Performances of 2025
Every year, we ask our readers to tell us about their favorite professional ballet performances. From narrative full-lengths to more intimate small groups, a variety of productions made this year’s list. Thank you to everyone who nominated, whether via email or through a social media shout-out. (Entries have been edited for length and clarity and […]
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How to Handle Stressful Audition Moments, From Adagio to Fouettés
At my first summer intensive audition, I was doing a développé à la seconde when my supporting leg suddenly felt like jelly. My foot rocked back and forth, I hopped, and my working leg came down. It was frustrating. I could do a stable développé in normal class! But the cocktail of nerves and excitement […]
Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Ma Bayadère, for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Is Personal
In 1877, Marius Petipa’s ballet La Bayadère premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the wings of an Orientalist craze sweeping Western Europe. The ballet, which tells the story of fatal romantic entanglements in an indistinct ancient India, was an immediate hit. Over the decades, it has become a fundamental piece of the classical ballet canon. […]
Former Dancer Losing Her Vision Is Granted a Nutcracker Wish
The holiday season is the perfect time for wishes to come true. So it was for former dancer Jennifer Levine, who received hers thanks to Wish of a Lifetime, a charitable affiliate of AARP that grants life-changing wishes to adults 65 years or older. Jennifer, who is in the advanced stages of macular degeneration, had […]