Ballet To The People
Starts with a plié
Who we are
Manifesto
No suffering for your art No despotic teachers No evil, manipulative stage mothers No tutus oozing blood No battered feet No Coke-and-cigarettes diets No one sitting on your shoulders to force your split No descents into madness as you struggle to wring out one more fouetté turn Just a safe and well-lit place to unravel the mysteries of ballet and play with the building blocks of technique A place where dancers come in all shapes and sizes A place where it is okay to fail repeatedly in the process of mastery A slightly dangerous place where around the next corner may lie unfamiliar and entertaining challenges, both physical and mental A place that you walk out of feeling a little taller, a little lighter on your feet, very centered, and a little closer to possessing that mysterious power that turns maidens into swans and nutcrackers into princes
Who we are
What we’re saying
Playlist.
What we’re dancing to
Playlist.
Category:
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Saints, Sinners & Shortstops, from a legend in his own time
February 8, 2025
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Ballet at the Webbys: only 4 days left to vote!
April 17, 2016
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Beyond Fat and Thin, Short and Tall
March 5, 2016
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How Not to Behave at the Ballet
February 1, 2016
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Can We Kiss those
Fouettés
Goodbye?
December 21, 2015
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Top 10 Gifts for Dance Lovers
December 6, 2014
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Dances With Google Glass
November 1, 2014
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How to watch dance
April 10, 2014
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Can dance teachers demand loyalty?
January 14, 2014
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Looking back, in gratitude
January 1, 2014
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#ifihadglass
February 25, 2013
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What if all the ballet dancers in the world jumped at the same time?
August 25, 2012
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Which Pilates exercises do you recommend for dancers?
June 4, 2012
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SOS to my readers: provocative art urgently needed
March 15, 2012
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When dancers are physicists
March 13, 2012
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Trust, or How I Met My Husband
January 30, 2012
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Yoga-bashing; is ballet next?
January 20, 2012
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Thank You, World!
January 6, 2012
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The Never-Ending Scandal of the Tutu
December 27, 2011
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Where do you go…?
December 6, 2011
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Sexual Politics and the Sugar Plum Fairy
November 21, 2011
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Boléro for Steve Jobs: A Final Révérence
October 6, 2011
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Singing the Body Electric: Dance Encounters in New York
September 12, 2011
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Relevé on the Embarcadero
September 2, 2011
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Arabesque à terre in the eye of a storm
August 29, 2011
