Ballerina Problems

Choosing the right variation for you is like finding the perfect pair of jeans. Competition or audition coming up? How do you pick the...

What this year has made clear to all of us is that class has strangely become the most important part of our days... As we can count on...

I've almost tried it all... From 13 years old on, I went from Repetto, Merlet, Gaynor Minden to Freed of London for many years, then a...

I recently was just speaking with a friend from my former company Carolina Ballet about her frustrating foot pain. Well, let me tell you,...

Rejection makes you feel really alone in the moment... That unfairness becomes so palpable but, what if, rejection could become part of...

I think we all agreed pretty quickly to put 2020 behind us (just like our arabesques, ha). Especially for us dancers.. What a year it's...

Ride 2020! Disney's new roller coaster... Just kidding, but it makes me as sick as the real ones! I tend to try to find a solution to my...

The time is NOW! Preparing your audition season can seem overwhelming but after many, many years of practice, trial and error, here are...

Have you ever watched a performance video of yourself and gasped out loud: "Why did no one tell me this???". The outrage... All you can...

When you have to move your 15 year American life across an ocean in 10 days, you freak out. And i did. Many times... Most of you might...

I had joined Carolina Ballet as a corps member for a year when Dan Duell and Patricia Blair from my old school, Ballet Chicago, asked me...

In my twenties, I used to nonchalantly come into company class 5 minutes before we started. It's like at a party, the one who lives the...

For years I wore custom Freeds. Then custom Blochs. For 20 years I've worn paper towels in my shoes and was an avid advocate of it. I...