Complexions Contemporary Ballet's Tatiana Melendez Proves There's No One Way to Have a Ballet Career

by Helen Hope | Sep 22, 2020 | Instagram, Profiles

This is Pointe’s Fall 2020 cover story. Click here to purchase this issue. Talk to anyone about rising contemporary ballerina Tatiana Melendez, and one word is bound to come up repeatedly: “Fierce.” And fair enough, that’s a perfectly apt way...

Inside Houston Ballet II: How the Second Company Gives Dancers a Taste of the Big Leagues

by Nancy Wozny | Aug 20, 2020 | Instagram, Training

Before Houston Ballet’s studios were forced to close down in March due to COVID-19, Jindallae Cho Bernard and Neal Burks were getting their first taste of George Balanchine’s Serenade. The dancers, members of Houston Ballet II, were learning the...

These 5 Bad Habits Are Easy to Forget, But Fixing Them Can Take Your Dancing to the Next Level

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...