A spread of pages from the December 1994 issue of Dance Magazine. The right page is mostly taken up by an image of Paloma Herrera, wearing a pink classical tutu, holding a bouquet and smiling. Her partner and members of the corps de ballet look on from upstage. The headline of the story is, "Paloma Herrera, Younger than Springtime: Paloma Herrera at age 18 is American Ballet Theatre's budding superstar."

TBT: Paloma Herrera at 18 Was “A Prodigy At Work”

In the December 1994 issue of Dance Magazine, John Gruen wrote of an 18-year-old American Ballet Theatre soloist named Paloma Herrera, “Here was a prodigy at work.” He was referring to her performances of Balanchine’s demanding Theme and Variations that spring; to have been in the audience, he wrote, “was to be in the presence of a near miracle.”

Paloma Herrera Talks Returning to Company Life—As a Director

Paloma Herrera’s final performance of Giselle in 2015, like the rest of her 24-year career with American Ballet Theatre, was impeccable. The New York Times described her as “wonderfully musical, unexaggerated and unmannered,” words that more or less encapsulate the quality of her dancing in a vast array of classical and contemporary works. Now, just […]

The Latest: The Great Ballerina Exit of 2015

What happens to companies when their stars retire? Paloma Herrera will dance her final performance with ABT on May 27. Photo by Rosalie O’Connor, Courtesy ABT. Shouts of “Brava!” will accompany a number of ballerinas when they take their final bows this summer. American Ballet Theatre’s Paloma Herrera, Xiomara Reyes and Julie Kent will soon […]

More Than a Prodigy

When Tiler Peck was 3, her mother, a dance teacher in Bakersfield, California, taught her two two-minute dance routines which the toddler zipped through with flair. At 9 she started on pointe and a few months later danced Clara (on pointe) in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in California. By 12 she had danced the […]

Inside DM

Artistry isn’t something you can build simply by showing up at the barre every morning. It’s a mysterious, elusive quality, one of the most difficult to master in dance. And yet it’s the ultimate goal of every dancer. So, how do you get it?   As we put together our first Artistry Issue, I reached […]

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