Thank you for the question, Clara. TRUTH: Nobody has everything. Nobody has the perfect body to be a ballet dancer because ballet wasn’t designed for our bodies. Ballet asks for turned out legs 100% of the time but we are built to walk with our legs parallel. Degrees of turn out will vary, people’s insteps …
Thank you for the question, @andreeaunicorn I use four main tools everyday. An elastic theraband, a bouncy ball cut in half, warm boots, and my make shift ankle warmers. Before I start ballet class in the morning I pull out my elastic theraband and I do at least 10 reps of pointing and flexing each …
Thank you for the Question Lina F. At the Royal Danish Ballet, a dancer, regardless of rank has to retire when he or she turns 40 years old. Once you turn 40, you are allowed to finish that season which goes until June. I think many of us don’t even think about our retirement if …
Thank you so much for the question @rendezvous_at_midnight There are actually three particular performances that come to mind. The first was the live stream filming of Alice In Wonderland in to the movie theaters all around Denmark. I don’t think I’ve ever danced better in my life. The second was my second show of Giselle …
Thank you for the question, @misslilydoesballet The teenage years… a tricky moment in anyone’s life. So much uncertainty. Ballerina dreamers have some pretty big decisions to make early on too, not making it any easier. Should I stay at my local ballet school? Should I join a larger, more renowned school? Should I go to …
Thank you for the question, rendezvous_at_midnight. The first step to my pre-performance ritual is that I turn on a country radio! It will be playing in the background while I put on my makeup, warm up and get 100% ready for the show. I find that country music is very calming. Country has many songs …
Thank you for the question, Frederikke_staghoej Let’s get the worst part out of the way. 😉 The worst part is that the KGL Teater is located 4,053 Miles or 6,523 Km away from my family. Copenhagen is really, really far away from “Home”. When I had my first show with the company… no one I …
Thank you for the question, Saralykkemadsen This is a very honest and brave question. Quite frankly, it’s a question that almost all professional and non-professional dancers ask themselves. There is a lot of pressure on ballet dancers to be thin. You want to feel light to your partner, you want to be proud of how …
Corrections! Ahhhhh! There are days where you long to hear even just one and other days you wish they would stop telling you all your corrections. When I was quite young, taking ballet class, I couldn’t handle being corrected. I didn’t understand that corrections are given to help you improve. I only thought of them …
Mid-night snacking is something that we all do! And so one should! Live life to the fullest, right!? The downside of mid-night snacking is that we usually don’t reach for the healthiest option. That tub of ice-cream or bag of chips feels like it is calling out our name. I get it. I love ice-cream. …