Courtney Escoyne

3 weeks ago | dancemagazine.com | Courtney Escoyne

Here are the latest promotions, appointments, and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from March 2025. Plus, a new residency opportunity for dance artists. At New York City Ballet, Gilbert Bolden III has been promoted to principal. At Houston Ballet, Harper Watters has been promoted to principal. At Oregon Ballet, Theatre, John-Paul Simoens has been promoted to principal, Charlotte Nash and Benjamin Simoens to soloist.

1 month ago | dancemagazine.com | Courtney Escoyne

In the March 1950 issue of Dance Magazine, a profile of ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq opened the “Young Dancer” section. Though described by writer Walter E. Owen as “another of these dancers whose career has no glamorous highlights, no exciting episodes,” the then-20-year-old New York City Ballet dancer had already performed leading roles “in most of the company’s ballets,” among them Balanchine works like Symphony in C, The Four Temperaments, Ondine, and Bourrée Fantasque.

1 month ago | dance-teacher.com | Courtney Escoyne

Educator Moves: Shifts in the Dance Education Landscape From Winter 2024–25 From director shifts to faculty appointments and beyond, here are the major dance educator moves you should know about from winter 2024–25. Nicole Haskins was named artistic director of San Jose Dance Theatre. Dexandro Montalvo stepped down from his post as ODC Dance Jam’s co-artistic director at the end of 2024.

1 month ago | dancemagazine.com | Courtney Escoyne

Here are the latest promotions, appointments, and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from February 2025. Lourdes Lopez will step down as artistic director of Miami City Ballet at the conclusion of the current season in May. Sofiane Sylve resigned from her post as artistic director of Ballet San Antonio. She has been succeeded by Rafael Ferreras. Boris Charmatz will step down as director of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch at the conclusion of the current season.

2 months ago | dancemagazine.com | Courtney Escoyne

The cover star for the February 1975 issue of Dance Magazine was Lawrence Rhodes, then 35 years old and a leading dancer with both Pennsylvania Ballet and Eliot Feld Ballet. “Within the relatively small galaxy of major American male dancers,” John Gruen opened the cover profile, “Lawrence Rhodes offers singular and ambiguous rewards…. Dancers admire Rhodes, because, without seeming effort, he unwittingly shows the complexity of dance.