The Grit and The Glamour

The Grit and The Glamour

Whether you’re training in an elite academy, a wealthy suburban conservatory or a studio in the middle of Rio de Janiero’s dirt poor favelas, the path to becoming a professional dancer is never easy.   A new ballet documentary, Only When I Dance,...
The Grit and The Glamour

Breaking a Ballet Record in Central Park

Ah, summer in NYC’s Central Park: Sun, fun and–hundreds of girls in pointe shoes? That was the delightfully incongruous scene this Monday, August 2nd as hundreds of ballerinas gathered in the park in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for...
The Grit and The Glamour

Free Royal Winnipeg Ballet Concert

If you live in the Winnipeg area, you’re in for a ballet treat to kick off the fall season.   The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is hosting a free performance on October 4 in honor of it’s late Artistic Director Emeritus Dr. Arnold Spohr, who passed away in April....
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Pop-Up Ballet Classes

Taking a cue from his friends in fashion, Stephen Petronio is adapting SoHo’s latest trend to dance. Over the past couple of years, “pop-up” stores have flash-filled New York’s empty storefronts for, appearing and then disappearing within just...
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One-Stop College Shop—For Free!

Considering college? You’re in luck. Juilliard is hosting a special event for high school dancers on Sunday, October 3. “Dancing Through College and Beyond,” offers a full day of networking, information and panels, brining together representatives...
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Seattle's Best

Sometimes I get jealous of Seattle. Not only am I a huge fan of the rain and good coffee, but they have so much great contemporary ballet!   Aside from the obvious high-quality dancing of Pacific Northwest Ballet, two new companies have recently emerged in...
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Go Gaga

“Ballet dancers have a singular approach to a step. But in Gaga you figure out that there’s more than one way to lift your arm—and then you do that with every part of your body.”   In Pointe’s August/September “On The Side” column,...
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Take a Master Class…Online

This Saturday, you can take a class with Rex Harrington—on your laptop! To celebrate Canada’s Culture Days, The National Ballet of Canada is hosting a live webcast of a master class led by the former NBC principal and current artist-in-residence. Barre and...

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