What is your favorite summer intensive class?
Many summer intensives have a variety of different classes daily, that you don't often take regularly year round. Which class do you enjoy most from the list?
The Legendary Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers - Pick Yourself Up
This is an iconic dance scene from the 1936 movie "Swing Time". This movie was selected in 2004 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "Culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant". It...
What is your favorite variation from the list?
When watching or performing a ballet, it is always most exciting when its time for a variation. Most ballets revolve around variations as well as the Pas de deux. From the list below, which do you enjoy both dancing and watching the most?
How Royal Ballet Dancers Prepare Their Pointe Shoes
Its interesting to see how each individual has a unique way of preparing their pointe shoes to fit their person preferences.
5th years at Vaganova Ballet Academy
Since it's YAGP season here, I want to emphasize the importance of acquiring basic technique skills. While watching dancers perform at YAGP, you can see them do multiple pirouettes, yet they lack the technique to close to a simple fifth position. The beau...
10 Male Ballet Dancers who are Considered to be "Most Famous" 20th century
Ballet is a beautiful art form that has been around for centuries. When most people hear the word “ballet”, they tend to picture a tall, thin woman in a tutu. But there are many male ballet dancers and they are just as talented and essential as the female...
5 Great Exercises to Strengthen Your Feet
Why do you need to do workouts for the feet?.... Well, the muscles in the feet make up for a quarter of the muscles in the entire human body. So overlooking the condition of these muscles will be like not taking care of a large portion of your muscles. I...
First Year Vaganova Ballet Class
First year students at Vaganova school! Its important to focus on the basics first.
Top 10 Classical Ballet Companies in the World
There are so many Ballet Companies around the world, and many of you are curious about which ones are ranked the highest. While this topic will always remain subjective, since Ballet is a form of art, here is a compilation (in no particular order) of the...
Break dancing trio give an outstanding performance!
Incredibly talented Break Dance and body popping trio give an outstanding performance!
What is Your Favorite Part of Class?
Everyone seems to have their favorite part of class. Wheather it's barre, adagio, allegros or pirouettes you enjoy doing most in class, usually you enjoy the one you're best at.... or you may enjoy all !
5 Great Male Variations
There are so many male variations that are very musical, and extremely beautiful that are overlooked. Here are 5 especially great ones you should watch.
Alexander Sergeev - Talisman pas de deux variation
Alexander Sergeev in Talisman pas de deux variation. Notice his incredible elevation when he jumps!
The 3 Most Well-known Ballet Composers
It is evident that dancers are important when it comes to conveying the story in a ballet. Without the dancers there would be no portrayal of the story that is set to the music composed. It is this pairing of dance and the music that really enables the s...
Top 5 American Choreographers of the 20th Century
Many people were artistic and original in shaping dance during the 20th century and no matter who you choose to be your favorite, someone influential will be left off of this list. These are the top 5 that we feel really struck out and were the most innov...