by Toba Singer | Oct 7, 2020 | News, Onstage, The Latest, Training
Conservatório Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sanchez, located in the small city of Leiria, Portugal, has grown by leaps and bounds since its founding in 1998. Led by Cuban-born and -trained director Annarella Sanchez, the school has received international...
by Julia Rosica | Sep 15, 2020 | Career, Dance Magazine, Instagram, News, The Latest, Training
A new training program at Festival Ballet Providence called Leap Year is welcoming pre-professional and professional dancers who don’t have a studio or company to dance for this season. The endeavor is the brainchild of Kathleen Breen Combes, FBP’s...
by Rachel Hellwig | Mar 16, 2020 | Profiles, Training
Classes, cross training, summer intensives, performing—we put our all into our ballet training. Yet, sometimes things just don’t go as planned. Injuries, prolonged emotional stress and audition struggles are just a few things that can make us feel like our...
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 Dance Magazine | Dec 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Next semester, there’ll be a new course name on the syllabus of Boston Conservatory at Berklee: “Constructed Gender Identities in Classical Ballet: Men’s Variations.” But this is not a new course, just a new title. The old name is one you might...
by Amy Brandt | Nov 14, 2018 | Ask Amy, Training
I want to be a professional ballerina, but I am currently a freshman at a boarding school where the dance program is nowhere near the level I need to get there. What can I do? —Lucy To become a professional dancer, you need a combination of talent, rigorous training,...
by Amy Brandt | May 30, 2018 | Ask Amy, Technique, Training
Is it necessary to have significant experience in Balanchine technique to dance in any or most ballet companies in the U.S.? —Madeline It depends. If you’re interested in dancing with New York City Ballet, the company co-founded by Balanchine himself,...
by Amy Brandt | May 23, 2018 | Ask Amy, Training
I’m 15 and want to be a professional ballet dancer. I have ballet five times a week, contemporary once a week and rehearsals year-round. It is 15 to 20 hours a week. When I hear about dancers doing 30-plus hours a week, I worry that I dance too little. Is my...