Here are the latest promotions, appointments and transfers, plus notable awards and accomplishments from the last month. Comings & Goings Tigran Mkrtchyan has joined Boston Ballet as a soloist, Chisako Oga as a second soloist. At English National Ballet, Aitor Arrieta, Katja Khaniukova and Ken Saruhashi have been promoted to first soloist, Julia Conway, Daniel […]

It can be hard to imagine life without—or just after—dance. Perhaps that’s why we find it so fascinating to hear what our favorite dancers think they’d be doing if they weren’t performing for a living. We’ve been asking stars about the alternate career they’d like to try in our “Spotlight” Q&A series, and their answers—from […]

Jamar Roberts has long been one of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s most thrilling performers, bringing his sinuous power to whatever the company’s wide-ranging repertory throws at him. Last season, Roberts’ own movement became a part of that repertory: His blues-inspired Members Don’t Get Weary, set to the music of John Coltrane, received rave reviews, […]