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2InterviewsFollowing an inner voice, with outer support: A talk with Cassandra Trenary
What happens when a dream becomes a dream lived? What do we do when we check off our wildest imaginings? Cassandra Trenary,...
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1.1KFeature ArticlesMisty Copeland: How she became a cultural icon
Misty Copeland rose to fame in the early 2000s and became a cultural icon for her groundbreaking achievements in ballet. Here’s a...
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709Tips & AdviceElevate your pointe work: Improve your technique with advice from master teachers
Every ballet dancer wants flawless pointe work. Great pointe technique can get you noticed and make you stand out at a summer...
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758Feature ArticlesWhere Prix winners go after winning gold, with So Dancer Daniel Ayala
Back in 2020, Dance Informa talked with Columbian ballet dancer Daniel Ayala about top U.S. pre-professional training programs and the scholarships he received to… well… just about all of them....
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1.4KInterviewsFabrice Calmels: Finding a space of his own
When Fabrice Calmels left Chicago to move to L.A., it wasn’t in search of sun and sand. After 18 years dancing with...
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1.2KInterviewsNatalia Osipova’s ‘Force of Nature’ to have New York City premiere
Natalia Osipova is one of the most celebrated ballerinas of the modern age. With reviewers calling her “astonishing,” “a supernatural tour de...
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986Feature ArticlesWhy I wear Só Dança
We all have a favorite food, a favorite hoodie, a favorite TV show, a favorite song. We find comfort in these favorite...
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1.7KInterviewsLauren Lovette in a new role at Paul Taylor and beyond: Choosing dance and learning why it matters
COVID hasn’t been sunshine and rainbows for anyone, really, and Lauren Lovette has certainly had her own deep difficulties through it all....
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1.2KFeature ArticlesNew York City Ballet Principal Teresa Reichlen to retire
New York City Ballet (NYCB) has announced that Principal Dancer Teresa Reichlen will give her final performance with the Company on February 19, during...
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1.4KFeature ArticlesABT’s new children’s book ‘My Daddy Can Fly’
We ask kids, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Often, they want the jobs their parents have: “My...
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1.8KFeature ArticlesTalking diversity in dancewear with Ballet West’s Katlyn Addison
Ballet dancers do everything they can to extend their lines, not only through intensive technique and training, but right down to costume...
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1.3KFeature ArticlesGearing up for ‘The Nutcracker’
Halloween is now over, which means spooky season has come to a close and we’re officially in the run up to the...
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2.3KFeature ArticlesCalvin Royal III’s roller coaster of dancing through COVID: Dance life in quarantine
“Well, it’s been a rollercoaster!” says American Ballet Theatre (ABT) Soloist Calvin Royal III when asked what his artistic life has been...
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4.9KFeature ArticlesA tribute to Alicia Alonso: A dancer with a different kind of sight
Ballet lovers of all types were saddened to learn of the passing of ballet icon Alicia Alonso on September 17, in Havana,...
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3.1KFeature ArticlesDaniel Ulbricht and Só Dança unite for new ballet shoe
Daniel Ulbricht is a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, an artistic advisor for Manhattan Youth Ballet, and the co-founding director...
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5.0KFeature ArticlesKathleen Breen Combes bows farewell to Boston Ballet and begins a new act
A career in classical ballet can feel incredibly all-encompassing — from rehearsing to class to cross-training and maintenance, the work is constant....
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4.5KInterviewsTaking to the streets: Ballerina Brittany Cavaco dances through Paris in film ‘Until Midnight’
Ballerina, model and Só Dança ambassador Brittany Cavaco lives every dancer’s dream and confronts every dancer’s nightmare in the new dance film,...
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3.8KFeature ArticlesMiami City Ballet’s Bianca Bulle: Excited about Elektra
Just recently, prestigious dancewear brand Só Dança revealed its much anticipated new pointe shoe, the Elektra, a marriage of hundreds of years...
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6.1KTips & AdviceKatie Boren on how to stay inspired and stand out in the corps
So many young dancers dream about it – that day they’ll be promoted to the corps of a major ballet company. It...
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7.2KTop StoriesSpeaking with the Author of ‘No One’s Watching’
By Chelsea Thomas and Leah Gerstenlauer of Dance Informa. A new teen dance novel entitled No One’s Watching was released earlier this year...
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4.4KFeature ArticlesBunhead Psyche 101
By Robert Graham for Steps on Broadway I get a lot of questions about why ballet dancers have “attitudes”. This is a...
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6.3KInterviewsEncouragement to Fly: Meet Breton Tyner-Bryan
By Leigh Schanfein. It’s rare when we meet someone who impresses us completely, not just with technical skill, musicality, humor, smarts or...
