Meet American Ballet Theatre's Newest Soloist - How Calvin Royal III came to be in Alexei Ratmansky's new ballet
How Calvin Royal III came to be in Alexei Ratmansky's new ballet---Ballet competitions may be scorned in some quarters for their tiresome, circuslike exhibitions of technical tricks. But behind the scenes, career-defining encounters often take place, as Calvin Royal III knows firsthand. For Royal -- an elegant and refined dancer who recently became American Ballet Theatre's newest soloist -- participating in the Yout…