May 2008

In this Issue:

Also in May: Special Section on Tap

Pointe Magazine
Dance Teacher
Dance Spirit
American Cheerleader

Boston Ballet’s Kathleen Breen Combes brings drama and delicacy to every step.

Wendy Perron and Lindsay Cowan

Wendy Perron

Vitamin drinks claim they're good for you. Is it true?

Lauren Kay

Dancers on the power of witchy roles

Lea Marshall

Bringing Balanchine to Berkeley

His choreography in demand, the dancer has a busy year ahead

Hedy Weiss

Ballet’s signature costume has a fabled past and a glamorous present.

Victoria Looseleaf

Falling in love—with dance. One dancer remembers that first night.

Abigail Rasminsky

In 1948 Morton Baum asked an astonished Lincoln Kirstein if he would like Ballet Society to become New York City Ballet.

Clive Barnes

Martinis & MySpace

Sarah Keough

Advice For Dancers

On Broadway: A category-busting new genre of dance

Letters: Body issues

Vital Signs: A potpourri of events and ideas

Anniversary Gallery: Nureyev

Dance Matters: Silver celebration at the Joyce, Banff Centre's legacy, Kazuo Ohno turns 101