by Alexandra Martin | Feb 15, 2023 | Audition Advice, Career, Pointe+, Summer Study
Audition pressure begins long before you set foot in the studio for a company class or cattle call, particularly when it comes to creating an audition video. Converting three-dimensional dancing to film’s two-dimensional plane can be stressful, especially when it...
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 Dawn Smith-Theodore | Sep 3, 2018 | Health & Body, Wellness
Dawn Smith-Theodore, a former professional dancer, is a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders. She is also an anorexia-nervosa survivor. Here she explains how under the right circumstances, a dancer’s perfectionism and ballet’s...
by Chelsey Hamilton | Jul 4, 2018 | Health & Body, Training
Results of a recent study published in the journal Psychological Bulletin found that millennials are the generation most predisposed to perfectionism. Factor in a serious study of ballet—constantly critiquing your movements in the mirror and dealing with strict...
by Suzannah Friscia | Dec 31, 2015 | Company Life
From historic promotions to ballerina retirements to groundbreaking new work, 2015 was an incredible year for ballet. We can’t wait to see what the new year has in store, but first let’s take a moment to reflect on some of our favorite Pointe stories from...
by Joseph Carman | Mar 31, 2015 | Career
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2015 issue of Pointe. Dancers are arguably harder on themselves than any other performing artists. And because their instruments are their bodies, that self-scrutiny can become ruthlessly personal. By definition,...