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The Story of How Ballet Legs Got Higher, and Higher, and Higher

The Story of How Ballet Legs Got Higher, and Higher, and Higher

by Emma Sandall For Dance Magazine | Jan 6, 2019 | Training

Just before retiring in 2015, Sylvie Guillem appeared on “HARDtalk with Zeinab Badawi,” the BBC’s hard-hitting interview program. Badawi told Guillem, “Clement Crisp of the Financial Times, 14 years ago, described your dancing as vulgar.”...
Our Best Tips: Stretch and Strengthen Your Développé Devant

Our Best Tips: Stretch and Strengthen Your Développé Devant

by Pointe Magazine | Mar 7, 2016 | Company Life

Everybody wants a higher extension, but achieving your best line is a long-term effort that includes both flexibility and strength. Here are two of our best tips on how to improve your développé devant by engaging and releasing the hard-to-find psoas...
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