Anyone who follows enough dancers on Instagram knows that we love to cook (and, like all good Insta users, to post pretty pictures of the delicious things we make). But dancer-chefs were a thing long before the internets. And there’s no better evidence of that than Balanchine ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq’s delightful Ballet Cook Book, […]
In our “Dear Katie” series, former NYCB soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email dearkatie@dancespirit.comfor a chance to be featured! Dear Katie, I have a really bad habit: I bend my knee when I step up to piqué, especially during piqué turns. I feel like it […]
There are certain people in the dance universe who can just do no wrong. One of them is Ellen DeGeneres, the ultimate dance fangirl, who regularly features our favorite dancers (including her bestie, tWitch) on her ever-fabulous TV show. Another is Tiler Peck, the insanely versatile New York City Ballet principal who we’ve never seen […]
In our “Dear Katie” series, former NYCB soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email dearkatie@dancespirit.comfor a chance to be featured! Dear Katie, How do I know if I’m good enough to be a professional dancer? I’m one of the strongest dancers in my class, and my […]
In our “Dear Katie” series, former NYCB 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! For more of Katie’s helpful tips and advice, click here.
In our “Dear Katie” series, former NYCB soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email dearkatie@dancespirit.comfor a chance to be featured! Dear Katie, I’m a good “posing” dancer—I can make pretty lines—but once I start really moving, things fall apart. It’s like all the individual pieces of […]
For ballerinas, it’s the dream role to end all dream roles: Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, the type of part dancers spend years preparing for and whole careers perfecting. And it’s a role that New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck never thought she’d dance. Though Peck is one of the world’s preeminent ballerinas, her short […]
In our “Dear Katie” series, former NYCB 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 love ballet, and I’ve been told that I have a lot of potential. I can see myself dancing professionally one day. But […]
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