Ballet Uncovered ~ Balancing Pointe Podcast
258 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 91 ratingsUncover the world of Ballet and Dance with Balancing Pointe Podcast! Host Kimberly Falker interviews the world's top success stories in Ballet and Dance. From dancers, choreographers, writers, photographers and anyone who has "made it" in the world of Ballet and Dance, Kimberly shares their journey to the top and uncover's the secrets to their success.
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99 ~ ASK Megan! Questions about the reality of life as a professional dancer.
August 24, 2015 10:00 - 8 minutes - 12.3 MBASK MEGAN is a weekly show hosted by New York City Ballet's Principal Dancer Megan Fairchild and brought to you by Balancing Pointe Podcast. On each episode Megan answers YOUR questions each and every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Each episode will feature an actual question submitted from someone like you! Today's questions come from: - Nancy who asks how injuries are dealt within New York City Ballet; - Maya who asks how the schedules are dealt with in NYCB. Megan really dives i...
98 ~ Colby Damon - Choreographer BalletX
August 21, 2015 10:00 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBColby Damon has spent his entire life exploring various types of movement. Born and raised in Richmond VA, Colby was active in various sports as a young child, including snow skiing and sailing, but he found his true calling in the arts, and began formal classical ballet training at age 7 at the Richmond Ballet. At age 15, he left home to attend the Virginia School of the Arts in Lynchburg, VA, a pre-professional boarding high school for dancers, and spent his summers training at the Boston ...
97 ~ ASK Megan! Learn how to stay in shape while on vacation and how to audition for SAB
August 17, 2015 10:00 - 6 minutes - 6.2 MBASK MEGAN is a weekly show hosted by New York City Ballet's Principal Dancer Megan Fairchild and brought to you by Balancing Pointe Podcast. On each episode Megan answers YOUR questions each and every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Each episode will feature an actual question submitted from someone like you! Today's questions come from: - Leigh Ann who wants to know how Megan stays in shape while on vacation; - Giuliani who is interested in auditioning for School of American Ballet a...
96 ~ Ida Praetorius, Soloist ~ Royal Danish Ballet
August 14, 2015 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBIda Praetorius, a soloist with Royal Danish Ballet has become one Denmark's upcoming stars. In 2012 she was named" best female dancer" by the prestigous Erik Bruhn COmpetition in Toronto. Since that time she has continued to rise through the ranks at Royal Danish Ballet, most recently being promoted to soloist. Ida is humble and sweet and appreciative of being able to live her dream as a ballerina. Balancing Pointe's website Balancing Pointe's twitter Pointe Magazine article on Ida Id...
96 ~ Ida Praetorius, Soloist ~ Royal Danish Ballet
August 14, 2015 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBIda Praetorius, a soloist with Royal Danish Ballet has become one Denmark's upcoming stars. In 2012 she was named" best female dancer" by the prestigous Erik Bruhn COmpetition in Toronto. Since that time she has continued to rise through the ranks at Royal Danish Ballet, most recently being promoted to soloist. Ida is humble and sweet and appreciative of being able to live her dream as a ballerina. Balancing Pointe's website Balancing Pointe's twitter Pointe Magazine article on Ida Id...
95 ~ ASK Megan! Learn about Ballet dancing as an adult and how Broadway dancing differs from Ballet
August 10, 2015 10:00 - 7 minutes - 6.66 MBThis week Megan answers two of our listener's questions. ASK MEGAN is a weekly show hosted by New York City Ballet's Principal Dancer Megan Fairchild. On each episode of this show Megan will be answering YOUR questions each and every Monday. Each episode will feature an actual question submitted from someone like you! Today's questions come from: - Miranda who takes and adult ballet class. She asks Megan about how to let go ot technique-brain and really dance; how to get pat the mental...
94 ~BalletX 's Stratospheric Choreographer Matthew Neenan
August 07, 2015 10:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBMatthew Neenan began his dance training at the Boston Ballet School. He later attended the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts and the School of American Ballet in New York. From 1994-2007, Matthew danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet and 2007, Matthew was named Choreographer in Residenceat the Pennsylvania Ballet. Matthew’s choreography has been featured and performed by the Pennsylvania Ballet, BalletX, The Washington Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Ballet West, Ballet Memphis, Milwaukee Bal...
94 ~BalletX 's Stratospheric Choreographer Matthew Neenan
August 07, 2015 10:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBMatthew Neenan began his dance training at the Boston Ballet School. He later attended the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts and the School of American Ballet in New York. From 1994-2007, Matthew danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet and 2007, Matthew was named Choreographer in Residenceat the Pennsylvania Ballet. Matthew’s choreography has been featured and performed by the Pennsylvania Ballet, BalletX, The Washington Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Ballet West, Ballet Memphis, Milwaukee Bal...
93 ~ ASK Megan! Megan Fairchild hosts today's show and interviews Sara Mearns
August 03, 2015 10:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBThis week Megan takes over as the host of the show and interviews New York City Principal Dancer Sara Mearns. Perhaps a first ever experience. Megan and Sara are not only dancers but very great friends, so this episode feels like you are sitting with them in their home or over coffee. Megan asks great questions that really help give an authentic peak into the life of a professional dancer. Sara shares her favorite roles, as well as how deeply recently deceased Albert Evans' death has af...
92 ~ Inspirational Warrior! Cassie Mayo
July 31, 2015 10:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBCassie Mayo is the Founder and Head Coach of OST. She has trained for the past 12 years under Boston Ballet & Alvin Ailey Professional and 30 year Studio Owner Karen Brown. She has been dancing since she was 6 years old, and helping out with classes since she was 8 years old. She taught her first class in 2010 and has been teaching for 5 years, coaching for 3 years, and running OST for the second year in a row. Cassie was training with the hopes of a pre-professional career until she was dia...
92 ~ Inspirational Warrior! Cassie Mayo
July 31, 2015 10:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBCassie Mayo is the Founder and Head Coach of OST. She has trained for the past 12 years under Boston Ballet & Alvin Ailey Professional and 30 year Studio Owner Karen Brown. She has been dancing since she was 6 years old, and helping out with classes since she was 8 years old. She taught her first class in 2010 and has been teaching for 5 years, coaching for 3 years, and running OST for the second year in a row. Cassie was training with the hopes of a pre-professional career until she was dia...
91 ~ ASK Megan! This week Megan provides more insight into working on Broadway
July 27, 2015 10:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBThis week Megan answers two of our listener's questions. ASK MEGAN is a weekly show hosted by New York City Ballet's Principal Dancer Megan Fairchild. On each episode of this show Megan will be answering YOUR questions each and every Monday. Each episode will feature an actual question submitted from someone like you! Today's questions come from: - Bethany who asks Megan about how she can use her Broadway experience to bring a fresh perspective to ballet; - Florrie who asks Megan how s...
90 ~ Entrepreneurial Ballerina ~ Lara O'Brien Muñoz, Principal - Carolina Ballet
July 24, 2015 10:00 - 51 minutes - 70.7 MBToday's guest is Lara O'Brien Muñoz who is a Principal dancer with Carolina Ballet in Raleigh, North Carolina. Laura began her journey in Ballet in Chicago training with the School of Ballet Chicago. At aget 17 she spent two years studying at the School of American Ballet in NYC as well as being chosen as a Dance American National Cultural Exchange scholarship student and was chosen to train at the Royal Danish Ballet for two months. In 2001 Lara joined Carolina Ballet as a member of the ...
89 ~ ASK Megan! Stage Presence, ranking in the Corps de Ballet and how to navigate training are questions answered in this episode.
July 20, 2015 10:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBThis week Megan answers three of our listener's questions. ASK MEGAN is a weekly show hosted by New York City Ballet's Principal Dancer Megan Fairchild. On each episode of this show Megan will be answering YOUR questions each and every Monday. Each episode will feature an actual question submitted from someone like you! Today's questions come from: - Ellen who asks about developing stage presence in spite of being shy and self concious; - Maya who asks about the ranks within the Corps ...
88 ~ ASK Megan! ~ What is a typical day like on Broadway?
July 13, 2015 10:00 - 8 minutes - 7.51 MBI am thrilled to share my first episode of a new weekly show segment called ASK MEGAN! hosted by New York City Ballet's Principal Dancer Megan Fairchild. On each episode of this show Megan will be answering YOUR questions each and every Monday. Each episode will feature an actual question submitted from someone like you! Today Juliet asks Megan what a typical day on Broadway is like compared to a typical day as a dancer with New York City Ballet. Megan provides Juliet a very comprehensiv...
87 - Laurie McSherry-Gray ~ Royal Ballet of Flanders
June 22, 2015 10:00 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBLaurie McSherry-Gray is a half-soloist with The Royal Ballet of Flanders. Laurie trained at The Royal Ballet School in London and then joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet, after which he spent some time with Angel Corella’s company, Corella Ballet, in Spain, where his repertoire included both traditional ballets and modern classics. My previous guest Joshua McSherry-Gray is Laurie’s identical twin brother who has traveled much of the same journey into professional ballet. Both Josuha and L...
86 ~ Joshua McSherry-Gray ~ English National Ballet
June 15, 2015 10:00 - 45 minutes - 63.1 MBJoshua McSheery-Gray grew up in Hull, England a small town near the Yorkshire Coast. After finding his love of ballet and dance, Joshua and his identical twin brother made their way to London where they trained at the Central School of Ballet and the Royal Ballet Upper School. Upon their graduation , both Joshua and his brother Laurie accepted their first professional position with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Once in New Zealand, Joshua realized that his true dream was to dance with one ...
85 - Jenelle Figgins ~ Dance Theatre of Harlem
June 08, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 92.2 MBJenelle Figgins began her training at the historic Jones-Haywood School of Ballet and Duke Ellington School of the Arts. While training, she received scholarships to attend Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Kennedy Center Residency and Summer Intensive. Ms. Figgins went on to attend SUNY Purchase New York on partial scholarship and in 2011 received her B.F.A. with honors in dance. Following her graduation she accepted a full scholarship to attend Springboard Danse Montreal. In 2013 Jenelle began d...
84 - The Triple Threat ~ Designer Reid Bartelme
June 01, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBReid Bartelme is truly one of the most diversely talented and comprehensively successful guests I have yet to interview. Reid grew up in SoHo surrounded by music and the arts. When he was nine years old Reid moved to New Jersey to study voice at The American Boychoir School in NJ whicch is one of only two boychoir boarding schools in the U.S. In high school Reid was accepted to the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy where he continued his vocal training. When he was 16 years old Reid ...
83 - Kaitlyn Gilliland - Live from School of American Ballet
May 18, 2015 10:00 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBToday's interview comes LIVE from School of American Balley with Kaitlyn Gilliland. Kaitlyn's journey in Ballet began before birth. She was born into a most prestigious legacy of ballerinas. Her grandmother is renowned choreographer and founder of Minnesota Dance Theater and and "Loyce Houlton's Nutcracker Fantasy" which just celebrated its 50th anniversary and is Minnesota's longest running Nutcracker. Kaitlyn's mother, Lise Houlton danced with American Ballet Theater and Stuttgart Bal...
82 ~ LIVE from Lincoln Center Plaza - Kaitlyn Gilliland
May 15, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBToday's interview comes LIVE from Lincoln Center Plaza in NYC with Kaitlyn Gilliland. Kaitlyn's journey in Ballet began before birth. She was born into a most prestigious legacy of ballerinas. Her grandmother is renowned choreographer and founder of Minnesota Dance Theater and and "Loyce Houlton's Nutcracker Fantasy" which just celebrated its 50th anniversary and is Minnesota's longest running Nutcracker. Kaitlyn's mother, Lise Houlton danced with American Ballet Theater and Stuttgart B...
82 ~ LIVE from Lincoln Center Plaza - Kaitlyn Gilliland
May 15, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBToday's interview comes LIVE from Lincoln Center Plaza in NYC with Kaitlyn Gilliland. Kaitlyn's journey in Ballet began before birth. She was born into a most prestigious legacy of ballerinas. Her grandmother is renowned choreographer and founder of Minnesota Dance Theater and and "Loyce Houlton's Nutcracker Fantasy" which just celebrated its 50th anniversary and is Minnesota's longest running Nutcracker. Kaitlyn's mother, Lise Houlton danced with American Ballet Theater and Stuttgart B...
81 ~ "Coffee Talk" - Filmmaker Nel Shelby and Host Kimberly Falker talk about life.
May 11, 2015 10:00 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBIn this episode I share with you one of my pre-show chats with guest Nel Shelby. You will hear us discuss Ballet, our kids and how we are so impressed by Wendy Whelan. This is your chance to get to know my guest in a much more personal level. Balancing Pointe Website Nel Shelby's website PS Dancer! website Wendy Whelan's "Restless Creature"
80 - Nel Shelby -Film Maker, Videographer, Photographer
May 08, 2015 17:39 - 1 hour - 92 MBNel Shelby Productions is New York City’s premier source for dance videography, editing promotional films and live-streaming performance. Now, Nel Shelby Productions has grown from a one-woman show to a thriving operation with an excellent team of creative videographers, editors, marketing minds, client relations and project managers. Nel’s company is deeply dedicated to the preservation of dance through documentation of live performances, while also focusing on digital marketing and promo...
79 ~ Sarasota Ballet's Director Iain Webb
May 04, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBBorn in Yorkshire, England, Iain started ballet at the age of 14 and moved to London at 16, where he trained for two years with The Rambert School of Ballet, a year at The Royal Ballet School and a further year as an apprentice with The Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet where he was offered a full time position. In 1989 he transferred to The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden. In 1996, Iain Webb retired from The Royal Ballet, but was invited back as a guest artist to give three farewell performances. ...
79 ~ Sarasota Ballet's Director Iain Webb
May 04, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBBorn in Yorkshire, England, Iain started ballet at the age of 14 and moved to London at 16, where he trained for two years with The Rambert School of Ballet, a year at The Royal Ballet School and a further year as an apprentice with The Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet where he was offered a full time position. In 1989 he transferred to The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden. In 1996, Iain Webb retired from The Royal Ballet, but was invited back as a guest artist to give three farewell performances. ...
78 ~ So You Think You Know Tyce Diorio?
May 01, 2015 10:00 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBEmmy Award winning Tyce Diorio is first and foremost a dancer but most famously known for his work as a choreographer and guest judge for Fox T.V. Network So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD). His work on this show has helped to promote and elevate dance to a much greater and main stream level. Before becoming a choreographer Tyce began as a dancer. He grew up in NYC and wound up in LA after competing on Star Search. Tyce has danced on tour with Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson and Ricky...
77 ~ Ballet 422 - Ellen Bar, Producer ~ Part Two
February 27, 2015 11:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBBallet 422 Producer Ellen Bar is the wife of Director Jody Lee Lupas and shares with Balancing Pointe more about her experience in producing this most amazing documentary that made its world debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2014 and is now being presented in movie houses all over the U.S. In 2011, after 13 years as a professional ballerina, Ellen became the Director of Media Projects at NYCB, where she is responsible for developing and producing the company's film and video content. In...
76 ~ Ballet 422 - Producer Ellen Bar ~ Part One
February 20, 2015 10:00 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MBBallet 422 Producer Ellen Bar is the wife of Director Jody Lee Lupas and shares with Balancing Pointe more about her experience in producing this most amazing documentary that made its world debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2014 and is now being presented in movie houses all over the U.S. In 2011, after 13 years as a professional ballerina, Ellen became the Director of Media Projects at NYCB, where she is responsible for developing and producing the company's film and video content. In...
75~ Lauren Fadeley Veyette & Francis Veyette, Principal Dancers with Pennsylvania Ballet - Part 2
February 13, 2015 11:00 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBToday I continue with Part Two of my interview with Lauren and Francis as we dive deeper into turning hurdles or disappointments into opportunities to learn and grow. As you will hear, Francis leaves the interview to meet with a friend ~ Matthew Neenan who will be a guest in an upcoming episode. Before he leaves, however, he shares with us his words of wisdom for aspiring dancers. Lauren and I continue our discussion as she shares with me what it was really like to to dance in the hit movie...
74 ~ Lauren & Francis Veyette, Principal Dancers with Pennsylvania Ballet - Part 1
February 06, 2015 11:00 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBToday I am bringing to you another husband & wife team, Lauren and Francis Veyette. You may recognize the last name from a few of my previous interviews and this is because Francis is Andy Veyette’s brother. This also means that Megan Fairchild, Robbie Fairchild and Tiler Peck are all intertwined not only through ballet but also through marriage. You’ll hear today that they spend most of their holidays together and the six of them are extremely close. I truly loved this interview for so ...
73 ~ Grier Cooper - Author of WISH
January 23, 2015 17:00 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBGrier began ballet lessons at age five and left home at fourteen to study at the School of American Ballet in New York. She has performed on three out of seven continents with companies such as San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet, totaling more than thirty years of experience as a dancer, teacher and performer. Her work has been praised as “poignant and honest” with “emotional hooks that penetrate deeply.” She writes and blogs about dance in the San Francis...
72 - Laura Mead ~ Dancer with Jessica Lang Dance
January 16, 2015 17:00 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBLaura Mead grew up in Austin, Texas and Berkeley, California. She received her BFA from Juilliard, where she performed the works of Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Ron K. Brown and Eliot Feld, among others. Upon graduation, she joined American Repertory Ballet. She traveled North America with the tour of Twyla Tharp's Movin' Out. Laura originated the principal role of Betsy in Ms. Tharp's Broadway musical Come Fly Away, for which she received an Astaire Award nomination. Jessica Lang Dance (JLD) i...
72 - Laura Mead ~ Dancer with Jessica Lang Dance
January 16, 2015 17:00 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBLaura Mead grew up in Austin, Texas and Berkeley, California. She received her BFA from Juilliard, where she performed the works of Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Ron K. Brown and Eliot Feld, among others. Upon graduation, she joined American Repertory Ballet. She traveled North America with the tour of Twyla Tharp's Movin' Out. Laura originated the principal role of Betsy in Ms. Tharp's Broadway musical Come Fly Away, for which she received an Astaire Award nomination. Jessica Lang Dance (JLD) i...
71 - Precious Adams, English National Ballet
December 19, 2014 17:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBPrecious Adams began her training in Ballet in Michigan at the Academy of Russian Ballet. When Precious was just 11 and 12 years old, she moved to Toronto, Canada where she trained at the National Ballet School. From there she moved to Monte Carlo and trained at the Princess Grace Academy in Monaco. This was not her last stop as Precious wound up moving to Moscow, Russia to train at the elite Bolshoi Ballet school where she also specialized in the Russian Language. While at the Bolshio, ...
69 - Megan Fairchild - Broadway "On The Town"
December 12, 2014 17:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBToday my guest is Megan Fairchild, a Principal dancer with the New York City Ballet (NYCB) and now a lead on Broadway. Megan recently embarked upon a journey in dance that is WAY outside her typical day-to-day comfort zone. Megan has temporarily traded the illustrious stage at the David Koch Theater where she dances as a principal ballerina with the NYCB and has moved to Broadway - 42nd street to be exact and is not only dancing, but singing and acting as a lead one of this season's hotte...
68 ~ Ellen Bar, NYCB Director of Media Projects (and former NYCB soloist) - Part Two
December 05, 2014 17:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBEllen Bar attended the School of American Ballet for eight years before she was asked to join the New York City Ballet as a corps member in 1998 and promoted to Soloist in 2006. In 2005, Ellen danced in the stage revival of Jerome Robbins’ NY Export: Opus Jazz, during which she and fellow soloist Sean Suozzi developed the idea to re-imagine the ballet for film, shot on location in present-day New York City. Together, they developed and produced the feature-length 35mm film adaptation N...
67 ~ Ellen Bar, NYCB Director of Media Projects (and former NYCB soloist) - Part One
November 28, 2014 17:00 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MBEllen Bar attended the School of American Ballet for eight years before she was asked to join the New York City Ballet as a corps member in 1998 and promoted to Soloist in 2006. In 2005, Ellen danced in the stage revival of Jerome Robbins’ NY Export: Opus Jazz, during which she and fellow soloist Sean Suozzi developed the idea to re-imagine the ballet for film, shot on location in present-day New York City. Together, they developed and produced the feature-length 35mm film adaptation...
66- James Whiteside, Principal dancer ABT
November 21, 2014 17:00 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBBorn in Fairfield, Connecticut, James Whiteside began his training at age nine at the D’Valda & Sirico Dance and Music Centre, where guest faculty included Charles Kelley, Franco De Vita and Raymond Lukens. He continued his training at the Virginia School of the Arts for one year under the direction of Petrus Bosman and David Keener. In 2002, Whiteside joined Boston Ballet II, where he continued to train under the tutelage of its director Raymond Lukens, now director of ABT’s National Traini...
65 - Kathryn Morgan ~ from NYCB to You Tube sensation
November 14, 2014 17:00 - 54 minutes - 75.1 MBKathryn Morgan began studying ballet at age three at Mobile Ballet in her hometown of Mobile, Alabama. She attended the summer program at the School of American Ballet in 2004 and enrolled as a full time student that fall. Kathryn joined New York City Ballet as an apprentice in June of 2006 and became a member of the corps de ballet of the Company in February of 2007. In October 2009, Kathryn was promoted to soloist. In August of 2012 Kathryn left NYCB due to a long-term struggle with hypo...
64 - Nao Kusuzaki, Soloist Houston Ballet
November 07, 2014 17:00 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBNao Kusuzaki was born in Ehime, Japan and grew up in Japan, Washington D.C., and Boston. In Japan, Ms. Kusuzaki trained at the Yatsuzuka Ballet. In the United States she trained with Mary Day and Patricia Berrend at the Washington School of Ballet and with Tatiana Legat, Laura Young, and Sydney Leonard at the Boston Ballet School. Ms. Kusuzaki has danced professionally with Boston Ballet for five seasons. In 2004 Nao joined Houston Ballet as a member of the Corps de Ballet. In 2008 she was ...
63 ~ Sarah Daley - Alvin Ailey
October 31, 2014 16:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBSarah Daley(South Elgin, IL) began her training at the Faubourg School of Ballet in Illinois under the direction of Watmora Casey and Tatyana Mazur. She is a 2009 graduate of the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program in Dance. Ms. Daley has trained at institutions such as The Kirov Academy, National Ballet School of Canada, The San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and intensives such as Ballet Camp Illinois and Ballet Adriatico in Italy. She is a recipient of a Youth America Grand Prix Award and an A...
62 - Tiler Peck & Robbie Fairchild, Principal Dancers - NYCB - Part Two
October 24, 2014 16:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBToday I continue my interivew with Tiler and Robbie. In this episode they share more about dancing with the New York City Ballet, offer advice to aspiring dancers and share a bit about their upcoming wedding.
61 ~ Tiler Peck & Robbie Fairchild, Principal Dancers - NYCB - Part One
October 17, 2014 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBTiler Peck was born in Bakersfield, California. She began her dance training at the age of seven, studying privately with former Bolshoi Ballet Principal Dancer Alla Khaniashvili in Hollywood. At the age of 11 she began studying at Conjunctive Point in Culver City, California, with former New York City Ballet dancers Colleen and Patricia Neary. During this time she also studied with former NYCB Principal Yvonne Mounsey at Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica. At the age of 12, Ms. Peck ...
60 ~ Ask la Cour, Principal - NYCB - Part Two
October 10, 2014 16:00 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBToday I continue with my interview with Danish born Ask la Cour who is a Principal dancer with NYCB. He began his training at the Royal Danish Ballet before coming to the U.S. in 2002 where he has danced with NYCB ever since. Today Ask shares with us how difficult it was to move through a severe injury as well as how exciting it was to be a part of the tribute to 911 on the roof top of one in the early morning. Ask finishes his interview with some great advice - applicable to everyone.
59 ~ Ask la Cour, Principal - NYCB - Part One
October 03, 2014 16:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBAsk la Cour was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and began his dance training at the age of nine at the Royal Danish Ballet School, where he studied with Niels Balle, Adam Lüders, and Colleen Neary. He joined the Royal Danish Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2000. Mr. la Cour joined New York City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in the fall of 2002, was promoted to the rank of soloist in May 2005, and became a principal in February 2013.
58 - Lauren Lovette, Soloist NYCB
September 26, 2014 16:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBLauren Lovette was born in Thousand Oaks, California and began studying ballet at the age of 11 at the Cary Ballet Conservatory in Cary, North Carolina. She attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, during the summers of 2004 and 2005 and enrolled at SAB as a full time student in 2006. In October 2009, Ms. Lovette became an apprentice with NYCB and joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in September 2010 and was prom...
57 - A Recent NYCB Guest Shares Great News!
September 19, 2014 16:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBMy recent guest NYCB apprentice Isabella Lafreniere shares with Balancing Pointe some really great news. Tune in to hear first hand exactly what is so exciting!
56 - Lexi Maxwell, Corps de Ballet ~ NYCB
September 12, 2014 16:00 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBToday’s guest Lexi Maxwell is a Corps de Ballet member of the NYCB. She shares with us some of her ups and downs and how grateful she is to be dancing with NYCB as it is truly a dream come true for her. Lexi grew up in Minnesota where she started her ballet training at Minnesota Dance Theatre (MDT). When she was 14 years old, Lexi moved to Pennsylvania where she spent three years training at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (CPYB). When she was 17, Lexi spent the summer at SAB and ...
55 - Isabella LaFrenieare, Apprentice ~ NYCB
September 05, 2014 16:00 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBIsabella is a graduating high school senior who is also dancing professionally as an apprentice with NYCB a prestigious honor provided to few. Isabella grew up living in many states but wound up for many years living in Illinois in a suburb outside of Chicago. She would travel 1 1/2 hours each way into the city to train at the Joffrey Ballet. When Isabella was entering into her 9th grade year she auditioned for the School of American Ballet (SAB) winter term and was accepted. SAB which i...