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Improvise and Survive: Making the Most of Onstage Bloopers and Mishaps

Improvise and Survive: Making the Most of Onstage Bloopers and Mishaps

by Hannah Chang Foster | May 24, 2023 | Career, Pointe+, Training

Shattering glass is not a welcome sound before an onstage entrance, but it’s exactly what Colorado Ballet soloist Sarah Tryon heard moments before taking the stage as the first fairy in Sleeping Beauty’s prologue. A light bulb had burst from above. “We heard it and we...
Ballet Emoji Proposal Author Sets the Record Straight

Ballet Emoji Proposal Author Sets the Record Straight

by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 3, 2019 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, News

Last month, dance writer Siobhan Burke tipped us off in Danceletter, her bi-weekly newsletter, to the fact that a ballet emoji was in the works, and we couldn’t wait to share the news with you. Since then, we’ve gleaned a bit more information, and are now...
Pro Pointe Shoe Hacks From Shelby Williams and Her Alter Ego, Biscuit Ballerina

Pro Pointe Shoe Hacks From Shelby Williams and Her Alter Ego, Biscuit Ballerina

by Josephine Lee | Dec 27, 2018 | Profiles, Viral Videos

Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based The Pointe Shop interviewed Royal Ballet of Flanders dancer Shelby Williams and her Instagram-famous alter ego, Biscuit Ballerina. First, watch Biscuit turn the tables and (hilariously) find the perfect...
Meet Shelby Williams, The Real Pro Behind Biscuit Ballerina

Meet Shelby Williams, The Real Pro Behind Biscuit Ballerina

by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 16, 2018 | Career, Profiles

Last fall, Instagram’s dance community blew up when an account titled Biscuit Ballerina started posting videos of an anonymous dancer doing laughably bad ballet. With a look of fierce determination, she would awkwardly make her way through well-known variations,...

Meet Shelby Williams, The Real Pro Behind Biscuit Ballerina

by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 16, 2018 | Profiles

Last fall, Instagram’s dance community blew up when an account titled Biscuit Ballerina started posting videos of an anonymous dancer doing laughably bad ballet. With a look of fierce determination, she would awkwardly make her way through well-known variations,...
Biscuit Ballerina Teamed Up With Dancers & Dogs for the Greatest Photo Shoot of All Time

Biscuit Ballerina Teamed Up With Dancers & Dogs for the Greatest Photo Shoot of All Time

by Marissa DeSantis | Aug 16, 2018 | Just for fun

With their idea of pairing professional ballerinas and super-sweet pups, we didn’t think it was possible for Dancers & Dogs to get any better. But boy were we wrong. For their latest collaboration, husband-and-wife photography team Kelly Pratt Kreidich and...
Win a Biscuit Ballerina Beach Towel

Win a Biscuit Ballerina Beach Towel

by Pointe Magazine | Jun 10, 2018 | Company Life

With summer just around the corner, embrace your biscuits on the beach with Biscuit Ballerina! Enter now to win. <span...
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