by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Mar 11, 2020 | News, The Latest, Training
Just because “social distancing” means your classes got canceled, your training doesn’t need to stop. Some studios are livestreaming their classes to students. Some dancers are giving themselves kitchen-counter barre. But there are also several...
by Rachel Hellwig | Sep 26, 2019 | Everything Nutcracker, Profiles, Training
The end of summer can only mean one thing in ballet world: Nutcracker audition season. It’s the time of year when everyone at your studio is on edge with excitement, nerves and dreams. It’s when you rewatch DVDs of past performances, practice choreography...
by Julie Diana Hench For Dance Magazine | Mar 5, 2019 | Profiles
“At every possible opportunity, I hope to instill in children a love for the arts and for classical music,” said Marcia Dale Weary, beloved teacher and founder of Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. “Along with that, I hope to help them develop...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 14, 2018 | News, Training
“Who here is terrified of choreographing?” It was a question posed by Pacific Northwest Ballet School teacher Eva Stone five weeks ago, sitting on the floor among her class of female summer intensive students. “Almost all of them raised their hand,...
by Natalia Boesch | Dec 7, 2017 | Technique, Training
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s founding artistic director Marcia Dale Weary shares how she coaches renversés of sigh-inducing beauty. Practice it slowly: To help her students tackle renversé, Marcia Dale Weary first gives it in adagio. Take a développé to...
by Joseph Carman | Jun 22, 2017 | Training
As a teenager, Adrian Durham studied at his local ballet school in Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I was one of three or four guys training there, and there were no male teachers,” says Durham. “Most of my partnering experience came from rehearsals for...
by Joseph Carman | Apr 3, 2017 | Training
As a teenager, Adrian Durham studied at his local ballet school in Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I was one of three or four guys training there, and there were no male teachers,” says Durham. “Most of my partnering experience came from rehearsals for...
by Hannah Foster | Mar 31, 2016 | Training, Wellness
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2016 issue of Pointe. Suddenly, all I could see in the mirror was a fuzzy, dancer-shaped outline. I had accidentally rubbed out my contacts right before pliés and, frustrated, resigned myself to an unproductive two...