Posts Tagged ‘Ballet’

Happy Birthday, Igor Stravinsky!


Check out my article on how to pack for your upcoming summer intensive here: http://www.examiner.com/x-12987-Dallas-Dancing-Examiner


Me on the day of my last ballet final. Needless to say, I made an A.


Here’s a quickie before class.
Check out the Dance.net interview with Martine van Hamel.


Today I took my last ballet exam. It was Gamzatti’s variation from La Bayadere. It was awesome because my professor let me wear a tutu and a tiara. It was also heart-wrenching when I realized that I would be graduating this summer. D:
Hopefully this wasn’t the last time for pointe shoes, tutus, and tiaras but [...]


There are some shady things happening at Texas Ballet Theater, apparently.
According to this article, TBT has been dealing in some not-so-smart ideas since the company nearly folded almost a year ago. The company bounced back, however, and are still going strong but not without financial problems and lots of drama.
For example, in order to [...]


Dance Spirit has Melody Herrera’s Marie diary. For those of you not in the know, Marie is a ballet by Stanton Welch about everyone’s favorite monarch to hate, Marie Antoinette. I personally love Marie Antoinette because I was awesome enough to have played her during my World History class’s role play of the French Revolution. [...]


Currently on the slate:

From where I am, it’s a memoir about a girl studying to become a ballerina. It’s by Joan Brady and Suki Schorer is mentioned as is the San Francisco ballet. I’m 3/4 into it and it’s very interesting. However, I must admit that I am addicted to tell-all type books.


Behold: Feb/Mar 2009
Apr/May 2009
Logo changes are things to note. Perhaps Pointe Magazine is trying to let go of its curlicues and are onto more serious business. If only their magazine content reflected that. I mean no disrespect, of course. I have every single Pointe Magazine since 2000-something but that does not mean that Pointe Magazine [...]