by Dr. Elisabeth Pain | Sep 28, 2023 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
Bianca Carnovale was feeling ready to audition for professional ballet companies when the pandemic hit. She was just finishing a two-year training program at Ballet Academy East, having moved to New York City on her own at age 17 after studying at National College of...
by Lydia Murray | Sep 22, 2023 | Cross-Training, Health & Body, Pointe+
As your fall schedule ramps up, your body may need some extra care. Restorative yoga can provide rest and gentle cross-training. “Ballet dancers tend to put their bodies through extreme physical exertion and stress, so restorative yoga is a relaxing, calming way to...
by Julia McColligan | Jan 21, 2023 | Pointe+, Technique, Training
Attitude turns en dedans are one of the most striking steps that dancers execute, from their day-to-day classes to their variations onstage. Mastering this type of turn with consistency, precision and grace requires continual effort and discipline in class. Stacey...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Mar 11, 2020 | News, The Latest, Training
Just because “social distancing” means your classes got canceled, your training doesn’t need to stop. Some studios are livestreaming their classes to students. Some dancers are giving themselves kitchen-counter barre. But there are also several...
by Suzannah Friscia | May 12, 2019 | Career, Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, News, Training
On the morning of May 1, Miriam Barbosa posted a photo of her daughter, Itzkan, on Facebook. The image itself is striking—Itzkan stands smiling on pointe in front of Miami City Ballet, where she has spent the last year as a pre-professional student, perched atop...
by Marissa DeSantis | Aug 30, 2018 | News, Profiles
The dance community mourns another loss this week, as we learned former New York City Ballet principal Peter Frame passed away on August 30. Frame, who was 61, trained at the School of American Ballet and was a member of NYCB (his twin brother Paul danced with the...
by Natalia Boesch | Aug 23, 2018 | Technique, Training
The waltz turn, says Ballet Academy East teacher and Dances Patrelle artistic director Francis Patrelle, must be distinguished from a dainty balancé en tournant. Here, he shares how he encourages his students to bring “American largesse” to this luscious,...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 14, 2018 | News, Training
“Who here is terrified of choreographing?” It was a question posed by Pacific Northwest Ballet School teacher Eva Stone five weeks ago, sitting on the floor among her class of female summer intensive students. “Almost all of them raised their hand,...