The Anglophiles in our office (myself included) are pretty chuffed to hear that there’s another Royal Wedding in the works now that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have made it official. And naturally, it got us thinking about that wonderful staple of classical (and not-so-classical) ballet, the wedding pas de deux. To celebrate, here are […]

Fresh off his striking Nike ad campaign (and his Dance Magazine cover), American Ballet Theatre’s prodigal principal has another high-profile collaboration up his sleeve. And this one is, shall we say, dazzling. Yep, it’s with luxury jewelry line Tiffany & Co, and Hallberg is among the star-studded ranks of Zoe Kravitz, Janelle Monae and Elle […]

While David Hallberg was recovering from Achilles tendinopathy, one of the treatments that the Australian Ballet rehab team gave him was a stair running exercise. “This is an exercise David needs to continue to do forever, every day,” says AB’s principal physiotherapist Sue Mayes. The basic idea is to run up and down flights of […]

Let’s recap David Hallberg’s very busy May, shall we? Last week, we announced the American Ballet Theatre principal as our June cover star. On Monday, he starred as Prince Coffee in the New York premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s Whipped Cream. And today, news broke that he’s written a memoir. This. Man. Is. On. Fiyah. His […]

David Hallberg almost quit dancing two years ago. The international ballet star, whose talent and drive had made him the first American to join the Bolshoi Ballet as a principal dancer, was struggling after a 2014 ankle surgery to repair a frayed deltoid ligament. A resulting mass of scar tissue ultimately required a second surgery. […]

2017 has started off with some fantastic news: David Hallberg is coming back to dance in the U.S. American Ballet Theatre announced yesterday that he’ll be dancing with the company during its spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Hallberg, 34, hasn’t performed with ABT since June 2014—and fans (including us) have […]

Let’s not get too excited, but next month ballet superstar David Hallberg returns to the stage. He’s been recuperating from an ankle injury in Australia, where he will start dancing again. The Australian Ballet, which has been helpful in his two-year recovery, asked him to perform the role of Franz in their scheduled run of […]