Tag: ballet life

• Notes on Effacé

  

  Effacé, effacée [eh-fa-SAY/]. Shaded. One of the directions of épaulement (body directions to classify the arms, head, shoulders, legs in relation to the audience) in which the dancer stands at an slight angle to the audience so that a part of the body is taken back and almost hidden from the audience’s view. This direction…

  David King

  November 4, 2017

  a ballet education, ballet technique, Ramblings

  a ballet education, ballet, ballet body positions, ballet life, ballet teacher, ballet technique, effacé, how to do effacé, what is effacé

• THE TOP TEN BALLET SCHOOLS (2016)

  

  It is an Olympic year, and like all major competitions, there are favorites going in. Favorites that are based on long-standing wins, countries that have dominated certain sports, and underdogs that have risen to the make the Olympic team… But these are not the Olympics… This is ballet. Ready, set, go… Like any race or…

  David King

  June 11, 2016

  ballet companies, Ramblings

  ballet life, the best ballet companies in the world, the top ballet schools in the us, top 10 ballet schools, top ballet schools, top ballet schools in the world, top ten ballet schools, what are the top ballet schools in the world?

• Angel… go home…

  a ballet fail…. #angel go home… your company did not work out…. Don’t ruin PA Ballet.. you obviously are another AD who needs to be replaced.  Goodbye. What makes American Ballet great is that we aren’t super classical. Leave that to France and Russia… Let us be dynamic, stylized, and musical. You just need to stop.…

  David King

  June 3, 2015

  balanchine

  ballet life, bye girl bye, dance, Pennsylvania ballet, pointe