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Jacquelyn Long Is Living the Dancer-Choreographer Life
POINTE MAGAZINE
BY NANCY WOZNY
"One thing that I struggled with for a while was this idea that two things can be true— that I can be a successful dancer and a choreographer at the same time. I’m living that truth right now.”
SAN DIEGO PROPOSES CUTS IN ARTS FUNDING
“the arts are a part of what raised me here- they shaped my perspective, my career, and my commitment to giving back through this work.”
Sophie Williams, POINTEWORKS Artistic Director:
POINTEWORKS RETURNS WITH ‘NOCTURNES'
San Diego Union-Tribune
BY MARCIA LUTTRELL
“The 3-year-old professional dance company is thriving, despite expanding cuts to arts funding.”
Published June 7, 2026
Fjord Magazine
on point - Nocturnes Review
by Robert Steven-Mack
“Pointeworks is the new kid on the block in San Diego’s thriving dance scene.”
“If the crowd at the Conrad Prebys Theatre in La Jolla is an indicator, the company’s cocktail-attire professionalism creates an experience that will attract the parched balletomanes in the city.”
En Face Magazine
Elemental and Electrifying
“Pointeworks’ Season III promises to be its best yet, with two world premieres and commanding contemporary works.”
“There is an incredible line-up of artists breathing life into Season III, from choreographers Andrea Schermoly, Keerati Jinakunwiphat, Jacquelyn Long, Dani Rowe, and Reka Gyulai to the 14 dancers from companies across the country.”
published May 31, 2026
Featured in Pointe magazine
READER’S CHOICE: TOP 25 STANDOUT PERFORMANCE ON GLOGAL STAGES 2025
Pointeworks’ Ballet Nights performance listed as a standout performance of 2025 by reader nominations via Pointe Magazine.
“Every year, we ask our readers to tell us about their favorite professional ballet performances. From narrative full-lengths to more intimate small groups, a variety of productions made this year’s list.
Thank you to everyone who nominated, whether via email or through a social media shout-out.” (Pointe Magazine)
Featured in the LA TIMES
Women take center stage as Pointeworks aims to ‘bring balance within the ballet world’
“[Pointeworks] is not just about giving artists a platform. It’s about reshaping the dance landscape, ensuring women’s voices are heard and their vision brought to life,” Jung said. “I feel like I could really take risks, experiment and develop my own artistic language without the limitation in traditional structure. And I think Pointeworks was perfect at it, that I could really explore myself as an artist and as a choreographer.” (Jung in interview By Lauren Harvey)
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San Diego Union-Tribune
Pointeworks dance company returns with female-centered ‘Ballet Nights’
“Artistic director Sophie Williams uses the term “female forward” when describing Pointeworks, the contemporary ballet organization she founded that sold out its inaugural show at The Conrad last year.
The company returns to San Diego for a concert Saturday at La Jolla’s Conrad Center for the Performing Arts. This follows sold-out shows in New York earlier this year, followed by a glowing review in Dance Informa Magazine and a profile in Pointe Magazine.” (Source San Diego Tribune)
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Pointeworks Spotlights Women in Ballet, Onstage and Off
“Now Pointeworks is touring to New York City’s Ailey Citigroup Theater March 21–22 for its second season. Six of the program’s seven pieces are choreographed by women. Four are world premieres. Two have original music by female composers, and all of the costumes are designed by a total of three women.” (Source Pointe Magazine)
Featured in San Diego Tribune
“By creating a summer season, I can provide work and opportunities to local dancers during the off-season, as well as bring a higher caliber to the local dance scene,” Sophie Williams (Source San Diego Union Tribune)
presents inaugural show
Pointeworks stepping up: New ballet company
Featured in Dance Informa
“However, in piece after piece, the impeccable technique of the dancers was both a treat and education in excellence.” (Source Dance Informa)
Pointeworks brings thoughtful, strong, intentional Dance to nyc
Featured in the SHOUTOUT SOCAL
Meet Sophie Williams | Artistic Director & Ballerina
“By launching Pointeworks, I aimed to bring that energy to San Diego, particularly during the summer season when there’s typically less happening in the ballet community. It was about filling a void but also elevating the conversation around ballet and creating a platform for new artistic expression.”
Read the full article - Pointeworks in SOCAL LOCAL STORIES
“A type of magiC: PointeWorks ballet company looks to make La Jolla its summer home”
Featured in the La Jolla Light
Read the full article - Pointeworks feature in the La Jolla Light
Featured in Dance Data Project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship / Interview
“I am passionate about giving a voice to females. At the heart of Pointeworks, our vision is female-driven, our works will be by female choreographers, and our mission is to create a platform to elevate, highlight, and appreciate the underrepresented voices of female artists in dance.”
- Sophie Williams, Artistic Director
Read the full article - Dance Data Project
“Pointeworks allows artists from various companies to come together and challenge themselves in new ways by working with dancers and choreographers unfamiliar to them.”
Quote from Lillian Dunn’s article in CULTURE OC
Read the full article in the CULTURE OC
“It’s a gift to have the chance to create something on someone else’s body, soul and artistic ability,”
— Reka Gyulai on her new work Off Beat, featured in the San Diego Union Tribune
San Diego Voyager
“Forging my own path and finding creative expression outside a structured ballet company has been the most experimental lesson learned.”
Read the Full Interview in the San Diego Voyager
Dance Data Project
“These works bring the full range of ballet to the stage under the guidance of diverse female visions”
Read the Pointe by Point in Dance Data Project’s March 2024 Newsletter.