by Stephen Low | Jun 10, 2024 | News, Profiles
“Cherish the flame. Don’t worship the ashes.” Mavis Staines, artistic director and CEO of Canada’s National Ballet School, shared these words with NBS alumnus and Dutch National Ballet dancer Leo Hepler, to summarize her position on classical ballet. In other words,...
by Hannah Chang Foster | May 31, 2016 | Training
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2016 issue of Pointe. For many dancers, the quest for the perfect pointe shoe is a long one, littered with years’ worth of rejected makes and models. With countless options out there, how should you navigate the...