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What Is Body Image Resilience, and How Can Dancers Develop It?

What Is Body Image Resilience, and How Can Dancers Develop It?

by Jess Spinner | Aug 31, 2022 | Health & Body, Wellness

You’ll be hard-pressed to find a ballet dancer who has never worried about their body. The culture, the mirrors, comments from teachers, social media and peer pressure all play into a dancer’s concerns with looking a certain way or fitting into some perceived...
As Ballet Looks Toward Its Future, Let's Talk About Its Troubling Emotional Demands

As Ballet Looks Toward Its Future, Let's Talk About Its Troubling Emotional Demands

by Suvi Honkanen | Feb 21, 2021 | Career, Company Life, Instagram, Training

As a ballet student, I distinctively remember being told that to survive ballet as a profession, one must be exceptionally thick-skinned and resilient. I always assumed it was because of the physically demanding nature of ballet: long rehearsal hours, challenging and...
"You Are Not a Failure": Kathryn Morgan's Advice for Dancers Who've Lost Roles Because of Their Weight

"You Are Not a Failure": Kathryn Morgan's Advice for Dancers Who've Lost Roles Because of Their Weight

by Rachel Hellwig | Oct 12, 2020 | Career, Health & Body, Instagram

Editor’s note: Last week in a viral YouTube video, Kathryn Morgan shared that she decided to leave Miami City Ballet, where she was a soloist, after she was taken out of roles because of her body. In our Fall 2020 issue, we spoke with Morgan about the experience...
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