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Changing Course: How the Pandemic Altered 5 Dancers’ Career Paths, With and Without Ballet

Changing Course: How the Pandemic Altered 5 Dancers’ Career Paths, With and Without Ballet

by Emma Love Suddarth | Jul 27, 2022 | Career, Company Life

Call it routine, call it ritual—each dancer has one. A life in ballet can dictate what we eat, how we exercise and what other passions we pursue; limited free time and energy outside of the studio allows for little else. Then COVID-19 hit, and everything stopped,...
How Supply Chain Delays Are Affecting the Pointe Shoe Industry

How Supply Chain Delays Are Affecting the Pointe Shoe Industry

by Hannah Foster | Mar 9, 2022 | News, Top Stories

If I had a dollar for every time I heard the phrase “global supply-chain delays” in the news, I’d be able to purchase a year’s supply of pointe shoes. But in reality, these international delays have had a big impact on pointe shoe manufacturers, too, causing a backup...
Finding Their “Live-Performance” Legs Again

Finding Their “Live-Performance” Legs Again

by Barry Kerollis | Dec 29, 2021 | Career, Company Life

Never before has the dance community experienced such a collective return to the stage as during the pandemic. In celebration of our industry’s triumphant—although staggered—return to in-person performances, Pointe asked experienced pros to reflect on their...
How to Find Your Purpose—and Your Power—as a Ballet Dancer

How to Find Your Purpose—and Your Power—as a Ballet Dancer

by Claudia Bauer | Nov 24, 2021 | Career, Wellness

Between teachers, artistic directors, choreographers and the audience, ballet dancers have a lot of people to please. Advancement in a school or company is usually dependent on meeting—or exceeding—their expectations. The immense pressure to please other people can...
Calling All Bunheads: This Wellness Brand Is Just for You

Calling All Bunheads: This Wellness Brand Is Just for You

by Sponsored by Prima by StageRitual | Aug 18, 2021 | Health & Body, Wellness

As stages and studios slowly begin to reopen, keeping up in the dance world’s “new normal” has required professionals to quickly bring their stamina back up to par, while also managing the physical strain and emotional toll that comes with returning to once-familiar...
After Being Stuck Stateside by the Pandemic, This American Dancer Hopes to Resume Her Career in Russia

After Being Stuck Stateside by the Pandemic, This American Dancer Hopes to Resume Her Career in Russia

by Kyra Laubacher | Jul 20, 2021 | Profiles

In 2019, New York native Katia Raj had just begun her third year dancing with the Saint Petersburg State Academic Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. That August, after developing a labral tear in her hip, Raj returned home to New York for...
How Adult Students Can Prep for a Safe Return to the Studio

How Adult Students Can Prep for a Safe Return to the Studio

by Lindsay Martell | Jun 10, 2021 | Training

After a year (or more) of virtual classes, it’s finally time to unplug and head back to the studio. Exciting? Absolutely. A little scary? Definitely. For Valerie Diamond, a 62-year-old dancer in San Francisco, California, the nervousness wasn’t something...
How Can Dancers Training at Home This Summer Best Audition for Traineeships and Second Companies?

How Can Dancers Training at Home This Summer Best Audition for Traineeships and Second Companies?

by Gavin Larsen | May 31, 2021 | Audition Advice, Training

Summer intensives have long served as extended audition periods for trainee and second company positions, allowing pre-professional dancers a chance to prove themselves and to get to know artistic staff. But compared to pre-COVID years, limited enrollment at summer...
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