by Kathryn Holmes | Nov 11, 2022 | Higher Ed, Training
Last fall, Cassidy Jarvis was juggling dance classes, Nutcracker rehearsals, AP courses and college applications. “It was chaotic, tiring and a bit stressful,” she admits. But now, as a freshman dance and psychology double major at Belhaven University in Jackson,...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 31, 2022 | Cross-Training, Health & Body
At first glance, a vertical rock face and a theater have little in common. But as diverse forms of cross-training become the norm for ballet dancers, some have turned to rock climbing as a way to supplement their in-studio training and condition their bodies for...
by Gavin Larsen | Dec 9, 2020 | Everything Nutcracker, Higher Ed, News, Onstage
Earlier this year, anticipating the ongoing repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, University of North Carolina School of the Arts’ interim dean of dance, Jared Redick, started looking ahead to their annual Nutcracker performances. In May, he and the deans of...