Every summer I like to visit my sister and nieces. While I was there last year, my niece was making some challenging decisions. She had been dancing at a school with a small competition team and couldn’t figure out if she wanted to continue. Over the last year, she felt she had lost her joy […]

Story ballets that debut during American Ballet Theatre’s spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House are always the subject of much curiosity—and, sometimes, much debate. Cathy Marston’s Jane Eyre was no different. The ballet follows the eponymous heroine of Charlotte Brönte’s novel as she grows from a willful orphan to a self-possessed governess, charting her […]

“Don’t look at the mirror, look at your feet,” Michelle Dorrance corrects. Smiling at the counterintuitive suggestion, Gillian Murphy, Devon Teuscher and Christine Shevchenko—American Ballet Theatre principals accustomed to projecting up and out to opera house balconies—look down at their pointe shoes as they shuffle into a line of tight fifth positions. As polyrhythmic strains […]

You know you’ve got something going for you when stars from New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre—plus our favorite celebrity dance fan, Jennifer Garner—are all fangirling about you on Instagram. The man of the hour is Nick Palmquist, a choreographer and teacher who can often be found dishing out irresistibly sultry commercial jazz […]

American Ballet Theatre just announced its much-anticipated promotions, and artistic director Kevin McKenzie couldn’t have picked more deserving dancers. Soloists Sarah Lane, Christine Shevchenko and Devon Teuscher have been promoted to principal, and Calvin Royal III has been promoted to soloist. After 10 years as a soloist, Lane’s promotion has been the longest time coming. […]

In her early teens, Devon Teuscher performed the male jumping variation from Harald Lander’s Études for her home studio, Vermont Ballet Theater and School. Her teacher, Alexander Nagiba, hadn’t told her it was a men’s variation, and Teuscher launched into the jetés with gusto and dedication. That, in short, represents the essence of Teuscher’s spirit. […]