Musings on ballet, classical music, the violin, and life
A Labor Day Weekend freebie extravaganza for you! From now through Tuesday, Sept 8th, enjoy all of the Ballet Theatre Chronicles for free! Just click on their titles below. And tell your friends and family! Off Balance,Book 1 of the Ballet Theatre Chronicles Outside the Limelight, Book 2 Ballet Orphans, Book 3 Other Stages,Book 4 … Read more
A Labor Day Weekend freebie extravaganza for you! From now through Tuesday, Sept 8th, enjoy all of the Ballet Theatre Chronicles for free! Just click on their titles below. And tell your friends and family! Off Balance,Book 1 of the Ballet Theatre Chronicles Outside the Limelight, Book 2 Ballet Orphans, Book 3 Other Stages,Book 4 A Dancer’s … Read more
Interested in my ballet fiction? Check out the Ballet Theatre Chronicles (Off Balance, Outside the Limelight, Ballet Orphans) and the curiously connected A Dancer’s Guide to Africa. Just click on their titles! I hated Black Swan. Successful film that it was, I hated many things about it, mostly the way it depicted ballet dancers in a way … Read more
I discovered prima ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina two years ago through Ballerina, a 2006 documentary that is a must-see for any ballet student or enthusiast. It follows the careers of five extraordinary Mariinsky* ballerinas and the teaching institution that produced them, the prestigious Vaganova Academy, which auditions 3000 children annually for sixty places. The audition process … Read more