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How To Help Young Dancers Look and Feel Confident By Recital Time
Dancers need repetition and consistency to perform recital dances without help from onstage or off. These steps from guest, Janet Jerger will help you prepare your youngest students to space themselves and dance without you. Author information...Show More Summary
Ask Colin: life after ballet
Dear Colin, Ballet takes so much focus and attention – what happens when a career comes to an end and you need to take the next step into something else? Angus Dear Angus, As I have just retired from The … Continue reading ?
Saturday's Wins and Losses
The three year old colt, Orb, was in 16th place during the first half of yesterday's Kentucky Derby, and he was taking mud in the face from every horse in front him. His jockey calmly led him to the outside...
Music change for new Ratmansky
ABT announced today that the Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 that was supposed to be part of Ratmansky's Shostakovich Trilogy has been replaced by Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1. Now this is interesting news. [Pause for Haglund to adjust his 20/20...
If the truth isn't flashy enough, well, just revise
Yesterday ABT put out its customary flashy press release about the first two weeks of casting. The company made a special note that the May 22 matinee performance of Symphony in C will feature debuts by Natalia Osipova and Ivan...
What To Do When Your Teachers Don’t Agree
When two teachers' methods conflict, what's a ballet student to do? Angeline gives some advice on how to deal and explains why this sometimes happens. She also makes 5 key statements that are universal for anyone learning a skill. Author information Angeline Lucas Angeline Lucas is a freelance dance writer, teacher and lecturer based in England. Show More Summary
The Four Temperaments: An expert’s eye
Our Ballet Mistress Eve Lawson has danced The Four Temperaments many times, and learnt the ballet from some of the original cast. She trained in the School of American Ballet and is now a repetiteur for the George Balanchine Foundation. … Continue reading ?
Houston Ballet II Steps Center Stage in Toronto
From April 28 – May 4, the dancers of Houston Ballet II will tour to Toronto to appear in the prestigious international ballet festival Assemblée Internationale 2013 (AI13) in the Betty Oliphant Theatre at 404 Jarvis Street. Houston Ballet II dancers will appear along side other young dancers from some of the world’s most elite [...]
RNZB coming to the Joyce Theater 2014
The Royal New Zealand Ballet will close out the Joyce Theater's Winter 2014 season with a rep program February 12-16. The company's debut performances in New York will include Millepied's 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Banderillero by Venezuelan...
NYCB – Ivesiana sneaks in under cover of darkness – 4/30
It's only about two months between the end of NYCB's Winter Season and the beginning of its Spring Season but it can seem like an eternity. When the curtain rose tonight on the first performance of this spring, the energy...
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