Category: a ballet christmas
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10 Great Ballet Christmas Gifts
Holidays always bring the panic and stress of what to get a dancer or dance teacher. This year, we scoped out some great gifts for you! Whether it is for a young dancer or your favorite dance teacher here are 10 great things for everyone in ballet!
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10 Ballet Movies You Should Own…
There has been quite a great amount of exceptional ballet out there lately… and thankfully a lot of it has been recorded on film. Here are my 10 movies that I truly do enjoy… and have purchased. I reference them for style, for technique, for inspiration, and just to enjoy. Most of them are recent…
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Surviving Sugar Plum…
Robbie Downey and Oscar Lagana of Phoenix Ballet take on the classic Sugar Plum Grand Pas. This young talented couple makes their debut together at the Orpheum Theatre. It isn’t too late to get tickets. Click here to buy. Photos by me.
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Just Another Snowflake… surviving Nutcracker (2017 Edition)
Most professionals are in the midst of the exhaustion of the Nutcracker. For others, Nutcracker has just started… It is hard to survive the holiday season as a ballet dancer… Between rehearsals, performances, Christmas Shopping, Holiday festivities and family obligations, it seems to balance out Nutcracker is close to impossible… Yes, it is a rough…
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You Know It’s Nutcracker Season When…
It is that time of the year again…. Nutcracker. Support your local ballet school or company by attending this wonderful holiday tradition. We are days away to close our Nutcracker Kickstarter campaign, and unforutnately, it doesn’t look like it will come to fruition. But, I will relaunch the campaign in the New Year, focusing on…
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Bringing The Nutcracker To Life…
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So much support is pouring in from all of you readers. Watching people respond has been more than beautiful. Hearing stories from around the world has been really encouraging. After some encouragement and much needed “talking it out” I was advised to ask A Ballet Education’s readers to help…
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Christmas Comes Early…
It is that time of year again… as cliché as that line is, in ballet, we cycle through each season and either love or dread this time of year. The day after Halloween usually means Christmas is already up in stores and there is a high probability of hearing this music outside the studios at…
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Taking a Risk… ballet as a business
If there is one thing I have learned in the past 5 years as a business owner, it is the ability to have diligence and faith. Not all business ventures work out and most of the time you encounter the really difficult scenarios that no one can ever equip you for. I have been really…
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