Megan Fairchild Reflects on Her 25-Year Career With New York City Ballet
When Megan Fairchild gives her final performance with New York City Ballet on May 24, she’ll likely do so to the sound of thunderous applause…and peals of laughter. It’s a side of the audience that the principal dancer says she loves engaging with. Fairchild was just 19 and a member of the corps when, at […]
Backstage Magic: How Stage Managers Help Ballets Come to Life
Whether they’re ensuring the Mouse King has his sword for rehearsal or cuing Myrtha’s spotlight during a show, stage managers are the critical people behind the scenes making it all happen. The role they play in a ballet company’s operations is multifaceted, nuanced, and extremely important. Below, three seasoned stage managers pull back the curtain […]
A Welcome Guest: Ryan Tomash at New York City Ballet
No one knew quite what to expect when, in March 2025, New York City Ballet announced that Royal Danish Ballet principal Ryan Tomash would be joining the company that fall, as a soloist. Tomash, who took a year of absence in Copenhagen to expand his horizons, was not well known in the U.S. He had […]
Here Are the Winners of the Winter/Spring Ballet Competition Season
This winter and spring, young dancers stepped into competition spotlights to earn awards, training opportunities, and even professional contracts. Each performance offered a glimpse of ballet’s next generation. The following roundup highlights some of the medalists and top scorers from the upper divisions of the Miami International Ballet Competition, the National Ballet Competition, ADC | […]
Quickfire Questions With May/June Digital Cover Star Takumi Miyake
To get to know Takumi Miyake a little bit better, we asked him a series of quickfire questions. Read on to hear more about the American Ballet Theatre soloist’s favorite ballet, pre-performance routine, current Netflix obsession, and more. What is your favorite step? Pirouettes. What is your least favorite step? I’ve never really thought about […]
Remi Wörtmeyer Discusses His New American La Bohème for BalletMet
Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème (1896), one of the “big five” operas, tells a tragic tale of bohemian life in 19th-century Paris. For all its renown, however, the opera has rarely been turned into a dance production. But BalletMet artistic director (and multifaceted visual artist) Remi Wörtmeyer has recently done just that, with an American twist. […]
Tulsa Ballet to Debut at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre
Just before a performance during Tulsa Ballet’s 2023 run at Jacob’s Pillow, artistic director Marcello Angelini suddenly felt the stakes rise. As audience members settled into their seats, he spotted Kevin O’Hare, artistic director of The Royal Ballet, among them. A year earlier, Angelini had seen a performance at The Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre. […]
Your May 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 May 2026 roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments This month, The Australian Ballet artistic director David Hallberg promoted Davi Ramos to principal onstage following the company’s performance of John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet. […]
In Machinal: A Dance of Defiance, Ballet RI Questions Convention
For its latest production, Ballet RI is reimagining a play inspired by an infamous New York murder case. In 1927, Long Island resident Ruth Snyder conspired with her lover, Henry Judd Gray, in the brutal killing of her husband, Albert Snyder. Ruth Snyder’s execution by electric chair—the first to be photographed—rocked Long Island and beyond. […]
When Auditioning for Choreographers and Répétiteurs, Bravery Beats Perfection
BalletMet dancer Grace-Anne Powers remembers her excitement when she learned that choreographer Jennifer Archibald was coming to set a new work. But during Archibald’s full-company casting call, Powers felt suddenly wracked with nerves. “I completely lost my focus,” she remembers. “I really wanted to work with Jennifer, but I was so self-critical that when I […]