Ramblings
Support 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 MoreAn Attack on Ballet Heard Around The World
On Friday, January 18, 2013, word of a vicious attack on the Bolshoi Ballet’s artistic director made headlines around the world. After multiple threats were made on his life, a masked man who hurled acid at him, causing third-degree burns on his face and damaging his eyes, confronted Sergei Filin. Filin, 42, signed a 5-year contract with the Bolshoi in 2011 and is said by many to have been working to restore the institution to it’s former glory with a goal to move forward. Police say that they suspect the attack could be a result of a dispute over money, but people close to the ballet presume professional jealousy is involved. It is known that throughout it’s...
Read MoreThe Perfect Fit: Marie Johansson from Freed of London
The manager of Freed of London’s New York store, Marie Johansson, is responsible for the specially made Freed pointe shoes of every professional dancer in America. Each year she visits Miami City Ballet’s studios to find the perfect fit for the company dancers and students. A couple of weeks ago I had the chance to sit down with her and talk about what she looks for when fitting pointe shoes on a dancer. _______________________________________________________________Have you pre-ordered your “Keep Calm and Dream of Sugar Plums” tee-shirt to remember Nutcracker 2012? Only $19.99 plus shipping. Every dancer in your life will LOVE one of these! Get...
Read MoreCatching Up With One of SYTYCD’s Most Beloved: Alex Wong
Many of you will remember Mr. Alex Wong from his SYTYCD Season 5 audition and of course his abrupt departure from Season 7, because of a ruptured Achilles tendon. You probably caught him this season on SYTYCD as an All-Star. Since we were all so glad to see him back to dancing, I thought I would catch up with him about what he has been doing between SYTYCD performances and how he enjoyed being an All-Star this season. ________________________________________________________________ RK: What have you been up to between appearances on our TVs? AW: Even though I ruptured both Achilles, I actually ended up doing a lot of things in between recovery. After my...
Read MoreBallerina turned Businesswoman: FancyPants
A few weeks ago, TENDUS brought you an interview with Échauffe™ Legwarmers co-founder Cameron Dieck. Today we look into the world of current Miami City Ballet dancer turned business woman, Emily Bromberg, as she discusses her business, FancyPants. If you haven’t heard of this hot new company, you are going to be so excited about their products. Founded alongside her mother, Ms. Bromberg hopes to bring inexpensive dance and yoga fashions to her consumers. Take it from every MCB dancer who now fashions her FancyPants: you won’t want to miss out on these comfortable, trendy, and practical pieces brought to you by real consumers who wanted to make...
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