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 …
Thanks for the fun question, buster_jensandersen! Pirouettes, pique turns, lame ducks, fouette turns, chaines, soutenu’s… I sure do love to turn! 🙂 There is something about that feeling of being so on balance that you can make the world spin around you, while you stay put! In my dreams I can turn 6, 7, 8 …
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 …
Great Question! Thank you Jim! I’m absolutely flattered that anyone knows a little bit about my story. Thank you! Thank you for taking the time to check out my background. For those who don’t know, I was a Scottish, Highland Dancer growing up. From the ages of 6 to 11 years old. I looooved it! …
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. …
My feet after a Etudes rehearsal. Ouch, ouch, ouch! Pointe shoes can most defiantly hurt your toes. Once you feel toe pain in a rehearsal, it’s all you can think about. You can’t escape the pain until the “boots” come off. It does get better as you get used to it. Your feet form callus’s …
Thank you for the Question, cvisintin. Good Question. 🙂 I have so much respect for August Bournonville and for all of the ballets he created. Being at the Royal Danish Ballet, his home, you truly learn a lot about him, his style, and the love of the Bournonville tradition. My favorite Bournonville Ballet is, Napoli. …
Oooooh! Costume fittings are the best!! I think it is so much fun when you are called to one. It is the time where you get that first sneak peek of what you’ll be wearing on stage! It makes it all the more real and exciting! We are so lucky at the Royal Danish Ballet, …
First things first. 🙂 When you see two dancers on stage kiss, they are actually kissing. I guarantee, that they aren’t thinking about the kiss though. A kiss is always set to the music and is thought of as part of the choreography. In the ballet Napoli, I was asked to kiss my partner while …
If you were to go in to any professional company class, anywhere in the world and ask the room, How old were you when you first started dancing? The most common answer would be, oh four or five years old. The dancers would all, most likely have a picture similar to the one below. Sometimes, …