by Kathleen Mcguire For Dance Spirit | Apr 5, 2020 | Training, Wellness
Grace Campbell was supposed to be onstage this week. Selected for the Kansas City Ballet School’s invitation-only Kansas City Youth Ballet, her performance was meant to be the highlight of her senior year. “I was going to be Queen of the Dryads in Don...
by Kathleen Mcguire For Dance Magazine | Mar 12, 2020 | Health, News, Profiles, The Latest
Kathryn Morgan is on a mission to change the dance field. The Miami City Ballet soloist and March Dance Magazine cover star appeared on the “Today” Show on February 27 where she openly discussed the challenges of body image and mental health in dance. Two...
by Kathleen Mcguire For Dance Magazine | Dec 17, 2019 | Career, Wellness
If you ask Luca Sbrizzi what he remembers about performing Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, he can provide you with a laundry list of his mistakes. “Although I remember feeling an incredible connection to my partner and hearing comments afterwards on how moving...
by Claudia Bauer | Nov 5, 2019 | Career, Training, Trending
“I was living my dream, but I wasn’t happy,” recalls Alexandra Pullen. Since starting ballet at age 5, the Chicago native aspired to join American Ballet Theatre and dance the roles her mother, Ellen Krafft, had performed there a generation before....
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Mar 20, 2019 | Career
If everyone seems a bit obsessed with tidying up right now, blame the trendy Japanese organizing guru Marie Kondo. Her uber-popular book-turned-Netflix-show has so many people purging their closets that thrift stores can no longer keep up with the donations. The...
by Kathleen McGuire | Feb 19, 2019 | Audition Advice, Training
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre corps member Victoria Watford recalls the first time she auditioned for the company: Even though she had attended PBT’s summer intensive several times, the Cleveland native felt completely unprepared. “I was treating it like a...
by Dance Magazine | Jan 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Don’t let her sizeable Instagram following or willingness to speak publicity about living with anxiety, depression and autism give you the wrong idea. “My speaking out about it does not mean it’s easy or fun,” says dancer Sydney Magruder...
by Amy Brandt | Nov 7, 2018 | Ask Amy, Career, Wellness
I was applying to audition for this ballet company, and the form asked if I had a history of mental issues ( i.e., eating disorders, anxiety, depression) and to give a detailed description of them and steps taken for treatment. Is this something that companies...