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30 JANUARY 2012

Trust, or How I Met My Husband

 

After watching a video clip that I had posted earlier of the elegant Aurélie Dupont and Manuel Legris, a dance student – who admits to a fear of partnering work – wrote to ask if I would post more examples of great partnering.

Happy to oblige, I selected clips …

20 JANUARY 2012

Yoga-bashing; is ballet next?

The yogis have emerged from their meditations to lodge passionate protests. The fitness buffs who’ve turned yoga into a competitive sport and a $6 billion industry in America are dividing into two camps: whistle-blowers and defenders of the faith.

If you were away on a NASA space mission this past …

6 JANUARY 2012

Thank You, World!

A heartfelt thanks to my dedicated students at City Dance and Metronome and to my readers in Amherst, Austin, Baltimore, Beijing, Boston, Bujumbura, Buenos Aires, Capetown, Cebu, Chicago, Chifeng, Dallas, Dobbs Ferry, Dubrovnik, Edinburgh, Halifax, Hong Kong, Houston, Jakarta, Lewiston, Lima, London, Los Angeles, Macau, Madison, Manila, New Haven, New …

27 DECEMBER 2011

The Never-Ending Scandal of the Tutu


Cleaning out her closet, Ballet to the People unearthed these exquisite vintage tutus from the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s. Their tags reveal that they were made by Grace Costumes and Barbara Matera, leading costumers for ballet, theatre, opera and film for over five decades, for renowned ballerinas including Cynthia …

6 DECEMBER 2011

Where do you go…?

  • To see how real people integrate ballet into their daily lives?
  • When you need a French ballet term demystified?
  • To get off-the-beaten-track suggestions for your ballet class playlist?
  • When you want to know which is the scariest scene in all of classical ballet?
  • To see an example of Italian fouettés