Raise your hand if you’ve received bad advice from well-meaning friends or family (or strangers, tbh) who don’t know anything about what it really takes to be a dancer. *everyone raises hands* Sometimes it’s even dance insiders whose advice can send you down the wrong path. We’ve been asking pros about the worst advice they’ve […]

When news reached the Limón Dance Company that Colin Connor was replacing longtime director Carla Maxwell in 2016, the tight-knit group experienced a range of emotions. “Everyone agreed that fresh energy would be a benefit to the company,” says veteran dancer Logan Kruger. But the excitement lasted only until the fear sunk in—there would be […]

We might have gotten a little bit carried away with this year’s “Season Preview”—but with the 2018–19 season packing so many buzzy shows, how could we not? Here are over two dozen tours, premieres and revivals that have us drooling. A Night of Natalia Osipova—With David Hallberg David Hallberg and Natalia Osipova have a rare, […]

We love learning new things about our favorite dancers through our “Spotlight” Q&A series (like Sterling Baca’s obsession with spiders!). One of the questions we always ask is: What’s the biggest misconception about dancers? After a while, we began to sense a pattern in the responses. Here’s how five dancers answered the question (warning: this […]

The way you start your morning can set the tone for the rest of the day. Establishing a productive and mindful morning routine can leave you feeling relaxed, grounded, and ready to take on the day ahead, no matter how busy. We asked five professional dancers to share what they like to do each morning […]

During Kathryn Manger’s very first Nutcracker season with Pennsylvania Ballet in 2015, an injury and a hunch prompted artistic director Angel Corella to cast her in the role of Sugarplum Fairy. She learned it overnight. “That’s all quite rare for an apprentice,” says assistant artistic director Samantha Dunster, who has known the dancer since her […]

Pennsylvania Ballet apprentice Sydney Dolan is having a Nutcracker season she’ll never forget. Artistic director Angel Corella knew he’d found something special when Dolan attended his school’s week-long Company Experience summer workshop in 2016. Within days, he offered her a company contract— without realizing that she was only 15 at the time. She joined anyway. […]

In January of 2016, we put a promising American Ballet Theatre corps de ballet dancer named Sterling Baca on our cover as a “25 to Watch.” Soon after, he shocked us by announcing he’d be leaving ABT to join Pennsylvania Ballet as a principal. Since then, Baca’s thrived at PAB, becoming one of their most […]