by Kyra Laubacher | Dec 29, 2025 | Audition Advice, Pointe+, Summer Intensives, Summer Study, Technique, Training
At my first summer intensive audition, I was doing a développé à la seconde when my supporting leg suddenly felt like jelly. My foot rocked back and forth, I hopped, and my working leg came down. It was frustrating. I could do a stable développé in normal class! But...
by Natalia Boesch | Apr 5, 2018 | Technique, Training
Updated 10/5/22. Gargouillade was a trademark step for Margaret Tracey. Now, the lauded dance educator helps the next generation of dancers acquire this “magical little movement.” Here’s how. Technical prerequisites: To prepare for gargouillade,...
by Natalia Boesch | Dec 7, 2017 | Technique, Training
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet’s founding artistic director Marcia Dale Weary shares how she coaches renversés of sigh-inducing beauty. Practice it slowly: To help her students tackle renversé, Marcia Dale Weary first gives it in adagio. Take a développé to...