by Hannah Chang Foster | Aug 20, 2024 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+
When Christin Hanna founded the outdoor Lake Tahoe Dance Festival in 2013, she learned the hard way how a vinyl dance floor reacts when not protected from the hot, midday sun. “If you do a pirouette, [the floor] will attach to your foot and swirl underneath you, like...
by Stephanie Kramer | Dec 21, 2023 | Health & Body, Nutrition, Pointe+
Federica Bona, a member of the Czech National Ballet, began following a vegetarian diet when she was 11 years old. At 13, she became vegan. She was deeply concerned about animal welfare, and later felt veganism was also better for her own health and the health of the...
by April Deocariza | Dec 13, 2022 | Company Life, Everything Nutcracker, Health & Body, Nutrition, Pointe+
’Tis the season for the Nutcracker grind. Throughout the next month, companies will be staging the Tchaikovsky classic, some doing multiple runs over several weeks. That means packed days for dancers, many of whom will juggle two performances in one day. San Francisco...
by Haley Hilton | Jan 6, 2020 | Career, Health & Body, Nutrition
It’s that time of year when cold weather and busy performance schedules have you craving delicious comfort foods. To help make winter cooking less daunting, we’re sharing three professional dancers’ favorite recipes. For added confidence that these...
by Amy Brandt | Dec 16, 2018 | News
Looking for a last-minute gift for your ballet bookworm? Here’s a sampling of recently published dance books for bunheads of all kinds, whether they’re a health nut, a ballet history buff or just learning to point their toes. Ballet: The Definitive...