An education in ballet, it's not just tutus and tiaras
There is a lot happening in ballet this week. While the semi-finals for the YAGP are well underway, the Prix De Lausanne starts their live stream on Monday. Merde to … Continue reading Looking Forward To This Week…
When Your Body Decides to be Done with Ballet Susie Boyland, contributing writer If you are heavily dedicated to ballet, it becomes your life and a major part of your … Continue reading Goodbye Ballet
This week was a super exciting week in ballet world… Boston Ballet opened Onegin. NYCB closed their season with killer black and white ballets. PNB and Houston Ballet took on … Continue reading This week in Ballet News…
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…
The Academy Awards have the craziest rules… It judges an entire acting performance for excellence, achievement and the craft. Unfortunately, in ballet we don’t really have that… We have the … Continue reading 5 Variations To Stay Away From…
If Ballet Companies had an awards ceremony to go to, it would be the Golden Globes. It wouldn’t be the Oscars, even if it is the most glamorous event. This … Continue reading The Best of the Best… Ballet Company Awards 2014 (2013-2014 Season)
If Nutcracker was your first exposure to ballet, then Swan Lake is the ballet that determines if you really want to be a ballerina. Every school stages some abridged version, … Continue reading Swan Lake Realness