Well, this gives a whole new meaning to “ballet babies.” Last week, the National Ballet of Canada released this adorable video celebrating the company’s newest “ballet moms.” In the awwww-inspiring clip, principals Heather Ogden, Greta Hodgkinson and Alejandra Perez-Gomez show off their adorable new babies and spill the unique challenges of being a working mom […]
Dance celebs are having quite a moment in the mainstream media right now, and let me tell you: I am ALL about it. The entire DS team has been living for Elle magazine’s “The Movement” video series, not to mention Kween Misty’s presence in just about every print or online media outlet. My current dancers-in-the-non-dance-world […]
Kansas City Ballet’s Kelsey Hellebuyck cringes when she thinks back to her first few months in pointe shoes. “I started out wearing no padding,” she remembers. “I had all these open blisters, so then I tried paper towels.” But the towels would shred, and her blisters just got worse. After a lot of trial and […]
What’s one of the most important differences between ballet dancers and “normal” athletes? Misty Copeland says it best: “We’re working like professional athletes are, and most of those athletes have state-of-the-art buildings and the environment they’re in is very high end. We don’t get the same funding and things like that as professional athletes and […]
As far as musical theater news is concerned, this week has been liiiiiiiiit. On Tuesday, we reported that Carousel is coming back to Broadway next year in a production featuring several New York City Ballet favorites. Now there’s word that two more of our ballet/Broadway baes are at the helm of a new City Center […]
I can’t say I’d ever heard of Smithsonian magazine before a few days ago, but let me tell you now, guys: I am SO GLAD they exist. Because their latest issue brings us tons of wisdom straight from the mouth of one Misty Copeland—you might have heard of her? For the April issue, Kween Copeland […]
It’s crazy to think about what the dance world would be like without the high-quality digital video that’s taken over the Internet. We wouldn’t have inspiring class videos (like this one featuring Tate McRae), or mind-blowing music videos (like Parris Goebel’s one-woman production), or live streams for all kinds of special events (hello, World Ballet […]
This week’s #FridayFire goes out to the one and only Misty Copeland. Video of a very young Misty performing on pointe after just ONE YEAR of training has surfaced, thanks to one Gary Junken. So let’s get those numbers clear: This video was taken 20 years ago. It’s of 14-year-old Misty, dancing her variation on […]