Posts Tagged "Ballet Class"

(46) Rebecca and Michael, Live from Columbus

Posted by on 05.15.2017

http://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ColumbusLIVE.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSSThis week we are publishing our very first podcast that was recorded live with an audience.  This episode was recorded in March following our full day of master classes in Columbus, Ohio presented by Ballet in the City.  This particular “Conversation on Dance” is directed at the students in the room who we had just taught for 3 hours, and their parents who wanted to sit in on our recording.  These young and hungry students were a huge source of inspiration for us that...

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(38) Jessica Wallis, Ballet In The City

Posted by on 03.20.2017

http://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Jessica-Wallis.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSSThis week we are pleased to welcome Jessica Wallis, Ballet in the City founder.  If you are a regular listener, you have heard us talk about Ballet in the City in the past as they have been one of our sponsors from the very beginning.  We were so happy to sit down with Jessica in Miami a few weeks ago to hear more about how her organization come about.  Jessica studied ballet through highschool until an injury ended her dreams of becoming a professional dancer.  After...

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The Importance Of The Right Barre Spot.

Posted by on 05.19.2011

One of my teachers would tell me that it is important to surround yourself with people who inspire you and radiate positive energy.  This is a lesson that has not only proven true for me, but is a rule I live by.  Every morning ballet dancers step into the studio for class, starting with exercises at the barre.  You hear many stories about dancers being particular about where they stand at barre.  Here is why I am. At Miami City Ballet, when we are in the studios, we stand in specific places, and when we are in the theater, the orientation of the barres change, thus changing where we stand.  I enjoy my spot in the studio, as I am in the center of the room, I can see...

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