The latest popular TikTok dance challenge isn’t the “Renegade,” or set to “Savage,” by Megan Thee Stallion—it’s testing how much your friends and family really know about what you do in the studio all day. TikTok user @kayausvlogs recorded herself asking her partner to guess what common ballet terms look like based on the way […]
In our “Dear Katie” series, Miami City Ballet soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email dearkatie@dancespirit.com for a chance to be featured! Dear Katie, I’m always getting overlooked for lead roles. I think I’m one of the better technicians in my class, but it’s clear that […]
Ever brought a friend to a ballet performance and spent all of intermission explaining what happened during act one? Yeah—ballet stories can be, uh, complicated. And that’s why we’re grateful for ballet student Katelyn Powers’ #balletplots TikTok posts. In a series of videos that’s been taking over ballet TikTok, Katelyn explains the (sometimes very weird) […]
Mark your calendars! This Tuesday, July 7, join pre-professional dancers across the globe in an inaugural live-stream event celebrating World Ballet School Day 2020. Made “by students for students,” the event aims to bring young generations of dancers together in an international recognition of the unifying power of ballet, dance and the art world at […]
In our “Dear Katie” series, Miami City Ballet soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email dearkatie@dancespirit.com for a chance to be featured! Dear Katie, I’m a strong dancer, but I don’t have a lot of flexibility. I stretch every day, but it feels like I’m getting […]
Renversé, with its dynamic combination of a grand rond de jambe and a luxuriously arched upper body, can be breathtakingly beautiful when done correctly. But many dancers struggle to find the right quality. Pop the relevé, and you lose the step’s smoothness. Drop the knee to attitude too quickly, and you miss that picture-perfect wraparound […]
If you want some serious practice-makes-perfect inspiration, look no further than American Ballet Theatre soloist Skylar Brandt’s Instagram (@skylarbrandt). In between gorgeous shots of the spirited ballerina onstage and goofy outtakes featuring her fellow ABT dancers, you’ll find post after post of Brandt in the studio, drilling the choreography in rehearsal. Now, you can catch […]
Everyone knows that the best day of the year is when your ballet teacher lets you take class with “fun music.” And now that we’re all taking ballet class in our own homes, every day can be “fun music” day. Practicing pliés? Put on some Post Malone. Attacking allegro? Ariana Grande is the answer. To […]