I Felt Too Big And Too Black For Ballet As A Kid. Then I Signed Up For A Class That Changed Everything.
"I began going to school with white kids for the first time, and my body became subject to discourse and scrutiny. " ...
San Diego Civic Youth Ballet celebrates 80th season with premiere of ‘The Firebird’
Dressed uniformly in black leotards, white tights and pointe shoes, the teenage ballerinas from the advanced class were ...
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The Joys and Pains of Adult Ballet
At first, I avoided looking in the mirror, where I knew I would find an older, heavier, and far less capable version of the dancer I used to be. Of course, this was no ordinary ballet studio ...
PNB’s ‘Emergence’ shows off four different contemporary works
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s “Emergence” repertory program makes an appealing four-sided shape: a quartet of very different ...
Janet Pharaoh, iconic Moulin Rouge dancer and artistic director, dies at 65
Yorkshire-born Janet Pharaoh enjoyed a stellar career, rising to international success as a ballet mistress and later became the artistic director of the Moulin Rouge ...
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Ballet dancer Niyama aiming high following setback in Paris
He did “not feel like just looking into the mirror,” so Niyama committed ... Niyama currently attracts many ballet fans as a freelance dancer. In an interview with The Asahi Shimbun, Niyama ...
Brynn Jinnett Putnam
Brynn Putnam is the founder and CEO of MIRROR, a fitness technology company poised to revolutionize the way people work out ...
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Three rising stars of the Houston Ballet talk about dance, having fun and living in Houston
Getting to know ballet dancers can be like those imaginary ribbons ... It’s almost like you’re dancing naked in front of the mirror. You need to discover who you are. Life in Houston: I ...