by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 1, 2018 | Profiles
Among the pointe shoes and fitness tools, San Francisco Ballet principal Sasha De Sola’s dance bag is home to mementos from past travels. While on tour to Washington, DC, during her first year with the company, a fellow SFB dancer bought De Sola a patch from...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 14, 2018 | Profiles
Much of what Ballet West soloist Katlyn Addison carries around in her (two) dance bags has been repurposed. She wraps her toes in black hockey tape which her brother, a National Hockey League player in their home country of Canada, ships to her, and she keeps her...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Dec 12, 2017 | Profiles, Show and Tell
Peek inside Devon Teuscher’s pointe shoes and you’ll see a discreetly placed number. “I want to see how many shoes I go through in a year,” says the American Ballet Theatre principal. “Last year it was close to 200 pairs.” Teuscher...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Oct 3, 2017 | Profiles, Show and Tell
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet dancer Jenelle Figgins’ dance bag reflects her proactive approach to well- being. Rather than carrying a one-shouldered bag, which aggravates her back problems, she switched to a backpack. The rest of her essentials are neatly packed into...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Aug 22, 2017 | Profiles
Spanish ballerina Lucia Lacarra left Bavarian State Ballet, her company of 14 years, in 2016 for life as an international guest artist, accompanied by her husband and fellow dancer, Marlon Dino. As an artist on the move, she packs her roomy dance bag with only the...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 20, 2017 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles, Show and Tell
Dancers are famously resourceful and particular when it comes to the products that they keep around to get them through the day. And we all know where those items live: the dance bag. While most dance bags are filled with basics like leotards, pointe shoes, Therabands...
by Amy Brandt | Jul 11, 2017 | Profiles
Whitney Jensen likes to pack light. “I take the bare minimum,” says the Norwegian National Ballet dancer, who was a Boston Ballet principal until 2015. She often stores things in her dressing room, and it’s a good thing, too—her blue Freitag...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Jun 13, 2017 | Profiles
Pennsylvania Ballet principal Lillian DiPiazza is all about efficiency: Her head-to-toe routine is chock-full of dancer-friendly hacks. For instance, she sews pointe shoes in record time with thick, pink thread. “I can put four stitches on each side and it...
