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

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How Do You Break In Your Pointe Shoes?

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What Are Your Favorite and Least Favorite Steps!?

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How Do You Maintain Good Shape During These Corona Times?

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

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

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Did Scottish, Highland Dancing Help Prepare Me To Dance The Bournonville Style?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Friday, September 27, 2019

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! …

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What Is A Good Ballerina Mid-night Snack?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Monday, September 23, 2019

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. …

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What Toe Pads Do You Use?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Friday, September 20, 2019

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 …

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What Is Your Favorite Bournonville Ballet?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Monday, September 16, 2019

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. …

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What Is A Costume Fitting Like at The Royal Danish Ballet?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Friday, September 13, 2019

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, …

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How To Create A Red Lip That Is Stage Kissable?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Monday, September 9, 2019

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 …

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Do You Have To Start Dance Young!?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Friday, September 6, 2019

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, …

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How Many Pairs of Pointe Shoes Do You Go Through In A Week?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Monday, September 2, 2019

I would say on average, I go through two pairs of pointe shoes a week. Some weeks my schedule isn’t very heavy, so I might only use one pair. Other weeks are extremely busy and then I may even need three or four pairs of shoes! I will round up and say that for one …

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Have You Ever Forgotten Your Steps Onstage!?

By turnedoutpointeofview on Friday, August 30, 2019

Queen of Hearts from Wheeldon’s, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

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Do We Get Help Changing Costumes During A Show?

By TurnedOutPointeOfView on Monday, August 26, 2019

In fact, we do! And thank goodness! We have the most lovely colleagues that specifically help us with our costumes during a show and full costume rehearsals. We call them, Dressers. There are two dressers for every floor of dressing rooms. Approximately 12 dressers are in the house on a performance night. If you are …

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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!

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