by Gavin Larsen | Dec 5, 2023 | Pointe+, Technique, Training
When Carolina Ballet Theatre dancer Marja’ Miller was 13, she hit a plateau. Although she’d always been super-motivated in class, she suddenly didn’t seem to be progressing as fast as she used to. Looking around, she saw her classmates advancing and getting more...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Apr 10, 2018 | Just for fun
Yana Cherepanova is a gifted 13-year-old student at St. Petersburg’s elite Vaganova Ballet Academy. Which is cool enough in its own right. But Yana is also the latest person to break the internet, thanks to the absolutely mind-boggling balance videos she’s...
by Gavin Larsen | Aug 3, 2017 | Training
Striving for higher extensions, more turnout and bigger jumps may be at the top of your agenda in daily class. But what about those finer points of your technique, the subtleties that make a dancer really shine? They need just as much of your attention, and letting...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 12, 2017 | Ask Amy, Training
There’s a dancer in my class who is phenomenal, but instead of feeling inspired I just feel jealous. It’s hurting my dancing, and I hate feeling this way. Help! —Rachel We’ve all been there—it’s easy to feel jealous of others,...