Tag: company class

The Mariinsky Ballet in Company Class Is Awe-inspiring

If you’re not in class yourself, you might as well be watching the pros take class—amiright? Here at DS, we’re serious dance nerds—riveted by pro classes and the chance to dissect our favorite dancers’ every tendu. Dancers with the Mariinsky Ballet Thanks to the UK’s Telegraph newspaper, your latest opportunity to binge-watch ballet technique has […]

Here's a Reason to Get Up at 6 am Tomorrow

Lovely ladies: a screen shot from “The Guardian”‘s first peek at Bolshoi company class. What’s the only thing better than seeing gorgeous professional ballet dancers onstage? Watching them in their daily class, where we can observe them working through their flaws, just as we do in our own ballet classes. (Well, admittedly, their flaws are […]