by Amy Brandt | Mar 23, 2021 | Ask Amy, Ask Amy, Instagram
I have a good friend in my ballet class. We’ve always been about the same level, but this year, she suddenly advanced to the top of the class while I’m left behind somewhere in the middle. My teacher praises her for almost every single exercise, and to see...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 5, 2017 | Training, Your Training
Though we wish summer could last forever, the weather’s getting cooler and that back-to-school feel is in the air. Handling the delicate balance between academics and dance can be hard, particularly when coupled with the fear of slipping into bad habits and old...
by Kathleen McGuire | Jul 11, 2017 | Summer Intensive Survival, Summer Study, Training
The summer I turned 16, my head swirled with “what ifs” as I counted down the days until the start of the Chautauqua intensive. I’d attended the program four years earlier, and the experience had been a harrowing one—my first lesson in the...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 12, 2017 | Ask Amy, Training
There’s a dancer in my class who is phenomenal, but instead of feeling inspired I just feel jealous. It’s hurting my dancing, and I hate feeling this way. Help! —Rachel We’ve all been there—it’s easy to feel jealous of others,...
by Kathleen McGuire | Feb 22, 2017 | Career, Training
They are the urban legends of the dance studio: glass in a dancer’s pointe shoes, ribbons cut before she goes onstage. The film Black Swan took things a step further, depicting a dancer so wracked with obsessive jealousy that she turns into a monster. While...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Ballet class is a place where technique is strengthened and lessons are learned about one’s self as a dancer. We repeat common exercises to tone our bodies, gain further mastery of new steps and develop a keen sense of artistry. We fall, we learn...
