by Cindy | Jul 7, 2026 | Training & Education
The School’s 100th graduate year achieve 100% employment rate The Royal Ballet School is proud to present its 100th cohort of graduates – a milestone moment honouring both inheritance and future. We are thrilled to share that all 30 graduating students have secured...
by Cindy | Jul 4, 2026 | Dancers & Choreographers
Jake Roxander is promoted to Principal Dancer at ABT after Don Quixote with Skylar BrandtAmerican Ballet Theatre dancer Jake Roxander has been promoted to Principal Dancer as of 1 September 2026. The announcement was made by ABT Artistic Director Susan Jaffe on stage...
by Cindy | Jul 2, 2026 | Dancers & Choreographers
Valentino Zucchetti and Artists of The Royal Ballet in Rhapsody, The Royal Ballet, (c)2016 ROH. Photographed by Helen MaybanksFirst Soloist Valentino Zucchetti is to leave The Royal Ballet after 16 years to pursue his choreographic and producing career – his last role...
by Cindy | Jul 2, 2026 | Dancers & Choreographers
In May, during Miami City Ballet’s season-closing program, Taylor Naturkas, a 23-year-old newly appointed principal, bounded from leaps to rounds of turns, crisscrossing the stage with skittering pointework and fluid glides. The Broadway-bright work, Grand Glittering...
by Cindy | Jul 1, 2026 | Dancer Health
For dancers, summer means sweat. Even if you’re not performing outdoors directly in the sunshine and heat, you still might end up soaking your leotard by the end of the day. “Most dancers at summer intensives are dancing quite a few more hours than they’re used to,...
