Pointe is for the serious ballet dancer, providing valuable training and career advice for students and young professionals.

Pointe is for the serious ballet dancer, providing valuable training and career advice for students and young professionals.

Pointe is for the serious ballet dancer, providing valuable training and career advice for students and young professionals.

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Few new artistic directors are as entrenched in the company they lead and the community it serves as Cervilio Miguel Amador. The 43-year-old has spent the last 22 years at Cincinnati Ballet, first as ...

From recycling programs to longer-lasting designs, the dance industry is exploring ways to make pointe shoes more sustainable.

The tutu has become the symbol of the ballerina. But what is the history of this strange protruding skirt which allegedly gets its name from the French children’s word cucu, meaning “bottom”? Pointe ...

The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in your August 2026 roster roundup. Ballet Idaho’s ...

The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in your September 2026 roster roundup. From left: Zuzu ...

For dance majors, performing professionally often feels like the only way to stay connected to the dance world. But behind every performance is an ecosystem of administrators, educators, and ...

Prix de Lausanne artistic and executive director Kathryn Bradney. Photo by Rodrigo Buas, courtesy PdL. The majority of dancers are chosen via a video selection process in October. Applicants submit a ...