by Julia Guiheen | May 1, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
From the outside, classical ballet can seem restrictive with its decorum, elaborate costumes and, of course, uncomfortable pointe shoes. Yet as ballet dancers we know that our technique actually allows our bodies to move with incredible freedom. That physical freedom...
by Gavin Larsen | Jul 9, 2018 | Profiles, Technique
As told to Gavin Larsen by Whitney Jensen My first time dancing Petite Mort—or any ballet by Jiří Kylián—I was 17 and in the corps of Boston Ballet. I didn’t know it then, but the stager, Roslyn Anderson, was nervous about me doing it because I was so young. I...