To have fun the twenty fifth “25 to Watch” function, right here’s a glance again at a few of our favourite January covers for the reason that record’s 2001 inception.
Anita Pacylowski-Justo, then a dancer with North Carolina Dance Theatre and at present the co-director of DanceArts Greenville, in 2002. From the DM Archives.
Then–American Ballet Theatre soloist Stella Abrera, who turned ABT’s first Filipina American principal in 2015 and at present is its Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Faculty’s inventive director, in 2004. From the DM Archives.
Aesha Ash appeared on the January 2006 cowl whereas a dancer with Alonzo King LINES Ballet; at present she’s head of inventive well being and wellness at Faculty of American Ballet. From the DM Archives.
2015 featured essentially the most “25 to Watch” artists we’ve placed on a single cowl: Silas Farley (then a New York Metropolis Ballet corps member), Ailey dancer turned photographer Danica Paulos, Boston Ballet principal Chyrstyn Fentroy (then with Dance Theatre of Harlem), faucet artist Ryan P. Casey, and Keigwin + Firm’s Jaclyn Walsh. From the DM Archives.
Philadelphia Ballet principals Sterling Baca and Nayara Lopes posed collectively in 2016 when Baca was with American Ballet Theatre and Lopes with Dance Theatre of Harlem. From the DM Archives.
2018’s cowl stars Leal Zielińska, then with Sidra Bell Dance New York, and Nationwide Ballet of Canada corps member Erica Lall (then with ABT). From the DM Archives.
The January 2019 cowl featured Evan Ruggiero, a faucet dancer and musical theater performer who’d made a splash off-off-Broadway in Bastard Jones. From the DM Archives.
2020’s cowl star was Gabrielle Hamilton, who’d wowed Broadway audiences in John Heginbotham’s Oklahoma! dream ballet. From the DM Archives.
