Solo glow: which one to pick?
Choosing the right variation for you is like finding the perfect pair of jeans. Competition or audition coming up? How do you pick the...
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- Apr 13, 2021
- 9 min
Daily class: Bring back your magic...
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...
- Mar 7, 2021
- 5 min
If the shoe fits Cinderella...
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...
- Feb 20, 2021
- 6 min
Put your best (& healthy) foot forward.
I recently was just speaking with a friend from my former company Carolina Ballet about her frustrating foot pain. Well, let me tell you,...
- Jan 23, 2021
- 11 min
Rejection.. How we made it our best frenemy.
Rejection makes you feel really alone in the moment... That unfairness becomes so palpable but, what if, rejection could become part of...
- Jan 5, 2021
- 3 min
No more 2020 arabesques!
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...
- Dec 13, 2020
- 3 min
Yes, No, Maybe?
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...
- Dec 5, 2020
- 4 min
'Tis the season! Be audition Ready.
The time is NOW! Preparing your audition season can seem overwhelming but after many, many years of practice, trial and error, here are...
- Nov 28, 2020
- 4 min
Visualization: all facets of the mirror.
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...
- Nov 21, 2020
- 4 min
A letter from across the pond.
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...
- Nov 14, 2020
- 4 min
My nemesis: Calf tears...
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...
- Nov 9, 2020
- 3 min
When your kitchen counter becomes your best friend...
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...
- Nov 8, 2020
- 2 min
Protection dilemna... What to wear inside your shoes.
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...