by Zoe G. Phillips | Oct 26, 2020 | Career, Training
Olivia Duran started ballet when she was 3 years old, and it was love at first plié. From there, “I just kept going,” she recently recalled over the phone, “and that was that!” Soon, she found herself at Elmhurst Ballet School, the prestigious...
by Lauren Warnecke | Oct 25, 2020 | Health & Body, Wellness
Since starting Counselling for Dancers in 2017, psychotherapist Terry Hyde has worked with dancers of all ages on performance anxiety, auditioning and career transitions. He is particularly focused on destigmatizing mental health issues among young dancers and has...
by Haley Hilton | Oct 22, 2020 | Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, Everything "Nutcracker", News, The Latest
Despite worldwide theater closures, the Universal Ballet Competition is keeping The Nutcracker tradition alive in 2020 with an online international competition. The event culminates in a streamed, full-length video of The Virtual Nutcracker consisting of winning...
by Barry Kerollis | Oct 21, 2020 | Dance Magazine, News, Onstage, Profiles
Back in April, it seemed like everyone in the performing arts was either coping with company shutdowns or watching future work evaporate before their eyes. As seasons were canceled or pushed off into the unknown future, choreographer Val Caniparoli took a deep breath...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 15, 2020 | Career, News, The Latest, Training
The USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, announced today that its 2022 competition has been rescheduled for June 10–24, 2023. The prestigious event, which draws over 100 students and professional dancers from around the world, was last...
by Helen Hope | Oct 14, 2020 | Company Life, Instagram, News, Onstage
It’s a rare ballet company that can present three months of in-person performances despite (and amidst) the chaos of 2020. Against the odds, Richmond Ballet is doing just that, pulling off a COVID-era adaptation of its perennial Studio Series. Arriving at...
by Jacqueline Callahan | Oct 13, 2020 | Career, Company Life, Everything "Nutcracker", News, Training
One afternoon in mid-June, Pennsylvania Ballet’s dancers, administrative staff, school faculty and orchestra members gathered via Zoom to learn the devastating news: We would not return to the stage in the year 2020. Some turned off their cameras to process....
by Dance Teacher | Oct 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
If you feel a pain in your back when lifting your leg into arabesque, it’s possible the issue is a combination of decreased flexibility in the hip flexors with weakness or restrictions at the spine. You’ll want to check the range of your hip flexors. When...