If you haven’t discovered it by now, Kurt Froman’s Instagram account has become a treasure trove of amazing ballet footage. Recently, he’s been posting clips of Gelsey Kirkland rehearsing Don Quixote, most likely taken a couple years after she joined American Ballet Theatre. You can watch her breaking down each step, working with her ballet […]

After 20 years at The Royal Ballet, Marianela Nuñez has more than a few words of wisdom to share. As writer Lyndsey Winship points out in our September cover story, over the past two decades Nuñez has never missed a season, and never once had a serious injury. She’s stayed with the company through four […]

Every soloist hopes and prays for the moment when their director offers that first big lead role. For American Ballet Theatre’s Christine Shevchenko, it happened last November when artistic director Kevin McKenzie informed her that the following spring she’d dance the role of Kitri at the Metropolitan Opera House. After three years as a soloist, […]