by Catie Robinson | Nov 26, 2024 | Pointe+, Profiles
What happens when two ballet dancers with opinions on the dance industry and a shared sense of humor get together? For Louis DeFelice and Lucas Labrador, the founders of the dancewear brand Barre Trash, what started as a friendship has grown into a business and a...
by Lauren Wingenroth | Mar 15, 2022 | Dance and Fashion, Training
It’s hard enough for dancers with larger bodies to be in the ballet world, says dancer and therapist Colleen Werner. “But at least if you have access to dancewear, there’s one less barrier that’s making you feel like you don’t belong.” Recent years have seen more...
by Dance Spirit | Jun 23, 2021 | Site Network
When it comes to in-studio dancewear, the pros know that the right style, piece or material can mean the difference between a confident and comfortable day and a day that feels just plain out of sorts. With so much time spent honing their craft in dance clothes,...
by Marissa DeSantis | Apr 22, 2021 | Profiles
Even during a pandemic, Lawrence Rines finds ways to don his carefully collected designer wardrobe. “I was going months without actually getting dressed,” says the Boston Ballet soloist. “So I started this ‘COVID Closet Chronicles’ on...
by Cadence Neenan | Nov 15, 2020 | Career, Profiles
Betsy McBride has already had the dance career many bunheads dream of. For eight years, she danced with Texas Ballet Theater, where she rose to principal, before joining American Ballet Theatre in 2015. She’s performed featured roles in Giselle, Don Quixote,...
by Caroline Hamilton | Sep 7, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Training
In March 2020, American Ballet Theatre principal dancers James Whiteside and Isabella Boylston taught a class on Instagram Live with the theme “Vintage Ballet.” Boylston dressed as Scottish-born ballerina Moira Shearer (star of the 1948 classic film The...
by Madeline Schrock For Dance Magazine | Aug 13, 2020 | Career, Training
What’s the best way to extend the life of your favorite leotard or piece of workout wear? Aside from fabric quality, it largely comes down to what you do on laundry day. We spoke with Erin Rollins, costume shop manager at BalletMet, for her top tips on keeping...
by Nile Cappello For Dance Spirit | Jun 15, 2020 | The Latest, Training
Implicit bias and racial stereotyping are rampant in the dance world . That’s a fact dancers of color have always known. But the anti-racism protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd—protests whose effects have reverberated through a myriad of...