An education in ballet, it's not just tutus and tiaras
There are so many tips out there to make pointe shoes last longer, to make your feet look better, and to reduce noise. Sometimes, we forget to pass these secrets … Continue reading To Darn or Not to Darn…
Collectively, teachers and doctors can agree on one thing: pointe work is NOT healthy for the human body. With that being true, neither is being tackled by a 200-pound man … Continue reading Anatomy of a Pointe Shoe
You were the best one at your local school, and then you went to a professional school, and you basically kicked ass. Teachers fawned over you. You excelled in the … Continue reading The Corps de Ballet Confessional…
It has been a really long journey, and it took a lot out of me but, we did it. After a long four months, Redlands Dance Theatre premiered their first … Continue reading RDT GOES NUTS
Between the holiday Starbucks cup fiasco and preparing for Black Friday sales, the ballet world is faced with our dreaded but magical annual tradition of The Nutcracker. Every year around … Continue reading You Know it’s Nutcracker Season when…
The Guide to Pointe Work is a short, to the point, and informative booklet about pointe technique. Everything from pointe shoes to ribbons, fit, and how to’s, the Guide to … Continue reading The Guide To Pointe Work
ROH takes on the the evolution of pointe work.
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The journey to opening a ballet company has definitely been interesting. Sometimes, I think that I bit off more than I can chew. My nights used to be filled with … Continue reading RDT: The journey begins…
I’ve talked about ethnicity before, but now I am going to talk about it even more. Most of you probably won’t like what I have to say, so here is my … Continue reading Everybody is talking about ballet, but are we talking about the right thing?
I can’t believe this blog has survived a year. Ballet at a glance in a year: Misty Copeland and Stella Abrera became the first of their respective ethnicities to ever … Continue reading ONE YEAR: a Ballet Education
MISTY COPELAND IS A PRINCIPAL!!! So is Stella Abrera… and Maria Kochetkova left SFB to join ABT. Jeffrey Cirio has left Boston to join to ABT as well. Boom