by Shaté L. Hayes | Jun 3, 2021 | Company Life
Updated 10/11/22. You’re performing well year after year, but you’re still not being cast in larger roles. Your work ethic and technique are strong, but, for some reason, your director hasn’t approached you about advancing in the company. Many...
by Avichai Scher | Mar 14, 2021 | Audition Advice, Career, Company Life, Instagram, News
For ballet companies, it’s been a year of uncertainty and making it up as they go. Pivot to online content? Check. Break dancers into pods? Sure. Cancel and reschedule programming over and over? Just another day. While companies have found ways to be nimble amid...
by Linnea Swarting | Feb 1, 2021 | Career, Instagram
When our Nutcracker performances got canceled at Los Angeles Ballet, I, of course, had to deal with the emotional reaction. But I also had to worry: How was I going to pay my rent? The pandemic has opened my eyes to financial wellness—it took a crisis for me to...
by Amy Brandt | Jan 17, 2018 | Ask Amy, Training
I want to be a professional dancer, but my parents won’t listen. They either don’t think I can do it (contrary to what my teachers have said) or they won’t let me take the necessary steps to become a professional. Please help. —Audrey I remember...
by Suzannah Friscia | Jun 25, 2017 | Career, Company Life
Alaina Andersen, as told to Suzannah Friscia I got my corps contract on my 18th birthday. It was such a relief. I had convinced myself that I would be okay not dancing, but inside I just wanted to get a contract with Miami City Ballet. I’d trained at Milwaukee...