By Malcolm Tay Minutes before opening night of a special all-Choo-San Goh program on December 10, 2021, Singapore Dance Theatre made a major announcement: it would now be known as Singapore Ballet. To veteran spectators familiar with the company’s development, this was likely a welcome move that had been a long time coming. Discussions with
By Steve Sucato The Joffrey Ballet, co-founded in 1956 by Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino, is proudly described on the company website as “America’s Company of Firsts.” It was the first dance company to appear on American television, the first to grace the cover of Time magazine, the first to perform at the White House, and
By Marcie Sillman Pacific Northwest Ballet’s new season, opening later this month, will be the first in more than two decades without longtime principal Lesley Rausch. The ballerina was acclaimed for nuanced performances in everything from Swan Lake to Ulysses Dove’s very contemporary Red Angels. She will be missed, but Rausch’s retirement is an inflection