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Poetic Fusion: Ballet + Poetry
Meet local Miami artists as they come together to create poetic fusion. Ballet meets poetry in Miami this Friday April 12th, at the LAB Miami at 8pm.Check out this video I produced to promote the event featuring Miami City Ballet dancers and choreography by Adriana Pierce.A promotional video for for an evening of Poetic Fusion on April 12 at 8 pm at the LAB Miami. As a part of the O, Miami Poetry Festival, “Poetry + Ballet” will feature poet Barbara Lisette Anderson and choreography by Adriana Pierce. Leigh-Ann Esty, Sara Esty, and Nicole Stalker, dancers from the Miami City Ballet, will be performing works inspired by Anderson’s poetry.Join us for...
Read MoreProfile of a Great Ballet: La Valse
George Balanchine’s La Valse has been a staple of Miami City Ballet’s repertoire for years. Not only have we performed this excellent work all across South Florida, we waltzed on the Parisian stage where the music premiered in 1920. Since performing this ballet in a beautiful theater with such history, this Balanchine work has become incredibly close to our hearts. I recently decided to delve more into the story and premise in order to have a more complete understanding of Balanchine’s vision. He choose to create a plot within this 30 minute work, but as is often the case with Balanchine choreography, the story is complex and open for...
Read MoreSupport Ballet’s New Media: The Ballerina Project on Kickstarter
If you are one of the 412,000 people who like the Ballerina Project’s Facebook page, you are regularly treated to beautiful and unique images of ballerinas with some of the world’s most beautiful backdrops as their stage. This truly is one of my favorite Facebook pages for ballet: I highly recommend it. Recently I noticed The Ballerina Project‘s photographer, Dane Shitagi, posting about the project’s new Kickstarter campaign, so I clicked over to check it out (see video below). The Ballerina Project is looking to expand into new media by drawing inspiration from their still images to create short dance films and documentaries. In this short...
Read MoreBallerina Turned Businesswoman: Fusco Knitwear
If you are a regular TENDUS reader, you have become familiar with the fact that ballet dancers are quite multi-talented. I have introduced you to Cameron Dieck, New York City Ballet Dancer and Échauffe™ Legwarmers co-founder, and Emily Bromberg, Miami City Ballet dancer and founder of FancyPants USA. Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to Pennsylvania Ballet member, Holly Fusco who has a 6 month old company, Fusco Knitwear, providing high-quality customizable knit legwarmers to the ballet community. Holly’s story behind her products, her creative process, and secrets for time management are not to be...
Read More#TenduOn: Enter our Instagram Contest
This contest has expired. Like us on Facebook or follow @bexking on Twitter for more chances to win! Here in Miami we do Tendus under palm trees. Show us where you practice your tendus. Post a photo on Instagram and use hashtag #TENDUON to enter to win! And while you are at it, don’t forget to follow TENDUS Under A Palm Tree .com founder, Rebecca King, on...
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