• Holly Dorger Website

Turned Out Pointe Of View

By: Holly Dorger. Principal Ballerina. Royal Danish Ballet.

Backstage

How Do You Break In Your Pointe Shoes?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView
Backstage

What Are Your Favorite and Least Favorite Steps!?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView
Backstage

How Do You Maintain Good Shape During These Corona Times?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView
Ballet

What Is The Purpose of the Heels Being Lifted off of the Ground in Ballet?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView
Backstage

In the Ballet, Napoli, Who Is the Lady in the Blue Dress?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView
Backstage

What Advice Would You Give Your Teenage Self?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Monday, November 4, 2019

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 …

Continue Reading
2
Ballet

When Is The Best Moment Of Performing?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Friday, November 1, 2019

Photo: What Dance Can Do Project Thank you for the question, tut4thewin! Awww… performing. Without a doubt, my most favorite thing to do. I love stepping out in to the lights and sharing an evening with an audience. Magic happens. I swear, there is magic in the air at a theater. It is just waiting …

Continue Reading
0
Ballet

What Is Your Favorite Thing About Spar Dame?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Monday, October 28, 2019

Thank you for the question, andreeaunicorn Spar Dame, is the current ballet that The Royal Danish Ballet is performing! The choreographer is no other then the one and only, Liam Scarlett. The simplistic, yet chic sets and amazing costume designs are by Jon Morrell. Together they have created quite a show! Spar Dame, or Queen …

Continue Reading
2
Ballet

How Do You Tie Pointe Shoe Ribbons?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Friday, October 25, 2019

Thank you for your question, andreeaunicorn. Here is a photo series taking you through, step by step, on how to tie your pointe shoe ribbons. It’s a little tricky at first, but in no time you will be tying your shoes in a matter of seconds. I hope this is easy to follow! Let me …

Continue Reading
2
Backstage

What Is Your Pre-Performance Ritual?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Monday, October 21, 2019

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 …

Continue Reading
2
Backstage

What Is The Best & Worst Part of Working at the KGL Teater?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Monday, October 14, 2019

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 …

Continue Reading
2
Ballet

Do You Know Any Good Ballet Schools Outside of Denmark?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Friday, October 11, 2019

Thank you for the question idataggaard! Yes! I will highlight three schools that I believe are very interesting and worth checking out, that are outside of Denmark. The School of American Ballet. aka SAB. Now, I might be a bit biased because this is the school that I attended for four years, year round. I …

Continue Reading
0
Backstage

How To Not Feel “Too Big” To Do Ballet?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Monday, October 7, 2019

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 …

Continue Reading
2
Ballet

How Many Pirouettes Can You Do!?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Friday, October 4, 2019

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 …

Continue Reading
0
Backstage

How To Make Corrections Work For You!

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Monday, September 30, 2019

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 …

Continue Reading
0

Posts navigation

← Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next →
Recent Posts
  • How Do You Break In Your Pointe Shoes?
  • What Are Your Favorite and Least Favorite Steps!?
  • How Do You Maintain Good Shape During These Corona Times?
  • What Is The Purpose of the Heels Being Lifted off of the Ground in Ballet?
Archives
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
About Me
Holly Dorger
Holly Dorger

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Holly Dorger and I am a Principal Dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet. I grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Studied in New York City. And I have danced professionally for the past eleven years in Copenhagen, Denmark. I’ve received a lot of questions throughout the years about what I do for a living and how I ended up on the other side of the world. I thought it would be fun to create a blog where I could answer any question for the aspiring to be dancer or just the curious fan of our mysterious ballet world. I look forward to communicating with all of you through this blog. Thank you so much for visiting my site!

  • Privacy Policy

Theme by Scissor Themes Proudly powered by WordPress