by Chava Pearl Lansky | Apr 7, 2019 | News, Profiles, Viral Videos
Yesterday, pointe shoes made national news when “The Today Show” covered the shift that some brands have made towards creating shoes in shades of brown. The five-minute Sunday Spotlight segment, hosted by NBC’s Willie Geist and Morgan Radford,...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jan 16, 2019 | Dance Teacher, Just for fun, Trending, Viral Videos
Earlier this month we learned that former comp star and current UC Berkeley student Miko Fogarty will be giving a TEDx talk in March about her path from ballet to college. This news got us thinking about some of our favorite ballet TED talks from years past. Check out...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Dec 19, 2018 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, News, Profiles
Ballerina Raven Wilkinson passed away on Monday at her home in New York City at age 83. Wilkinson is best known as the first African American woman to dance full-time with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and as a cherished mentor to Misty Copeland. Raven Wilkinson...
by Rachel Hellwig | Dec 5, 2018 | Everything Nutcracker, Profiles
Oh, Nutcracker… It’s the ballet experience that unites us all, from young student to seasoned pro. Whether you made your entrance in a mouse costume or under Mother Ginger’s skirt, do you remember the choreography and costume of your very first role?...
by Marissa DeSantis | Nov 15, 2018 | Just for fun
Just in time for Nutcracker season (and the cold weather that has us layering on our coziest warmups), fitness brand Athleta teamed up with San Francisco Ballet for their first Athleta Dance collection. Available beginning November 27, the capsule collection will...
by Jen Peters | Nov 1, 2018 | News
The wait for Disney’s reimagining of The Nutcracker is over. Although The Nutcracker and The Four Realms is not a full-length ballet, woven into the plot is a five-minute performance by megastars Misty Copeland and Sergei Polunin alongside 18 supporting dancers,...
by Jen Peters | Nov 1, 2018 | News
The wait for Disney’s reimagining of The Nutcracker is over. Although The Nutcracker and The Four Realms is not a full-length ballet, woven into the plot is a five-minute performance by megastars Misty Copeland and Sergei Polunin alongside 18 supporting dancers,...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 31, 2018 | Trending
If there’s one thing that dancers know well, it’s The Nutcracker. From the minutiae of the plot to the choreography to Tchaikovsky’s timeless score, we’ve got it down. Disney’s new holiday film, The Nutcracker and The Four Realms,...