by Chava Pearl Lansky | Apr 19, 2020 | News, The Latest, Training
The opening night of a New York City Ballet season is always exciting: Audience members mill about Lincoln Center’s plaza, buzzing with energy, anticipating seeing their favorite ballets and dancers back onstage. The company’s spring season, scheduled to...
by Claudia Bauer | Oct 9, 2019 | Career, Higher Ed, Profiles, Training, Trending
Claire Sheridan wanted to change the status quo. Leading up to the 1990s, she recalls, “there was a ‘shut up and dance’ mind-set,” and as the founder of the dance program at St. Mary’s College of California and a longtime teacher in...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Nov 21, 2017 | Training
“What if you could learn from the world’s best dance teachers in your living room?” This is the question that Dancio poses on their website. Dancio is a new startup that offers full length videos of ballet classes taught by master teachers. As...
by Ashley Rivers | Nov 28, 2012 | Everything "Nutcracker"
Dancers have a love-hate relationship with Nutcracker. For many, it was the first ballet they saw; for even more, it was the first they ever performed. But, despite the nostalgia, December’s relentless marathon of shows takes a toll. If Nutcracker music is...
