Dear Readers, fellow dancers, ballet-geeks, darlings. Let me just say how happy I am that you are still reading PTYD after a hundred posts!...

Remember that frustrating frozen turn syndrome I wrote about last week? Well, guess what. It's gone. Melted away like the mountains of ...

I would love to be back in Paris, or Berlin or even back on the Prairie (never been there) - but I really don't like being back on the ...

It happened sometime last week. I lost my pirouettes. Not entirely, as singles are still fine, but doubles are nowhere to be seen. Seriousl...

Corks were popped, and the last of the ballet-pink cava drunk a week ago. Darlings, it's time to skip, hop and jeté back to the barre! ...

I used to make New Year's resolutions. You know - eat more healthy, exercise on all days, pay bills before the due date, learn French, ...

One of my favorite German words is "Vorfreude"; it literally means the joyful anticipation you feel before a happy or pleasurable...

Dear Readers, wishing you a wonderful time celebrating the Holidays! Enjoy your rest, even if you miss all the dancing - your muscle...

I was going to write a post about my past year in ballet, about progress and hopes and dreams. But that can wait, because there are still s...

Two things worth writing about happened yesterday. One: after dancing 16 months on pointe, I slipped and crash-landed for the first time. C...

Last Friday I took my new pointe shoes to their first ballet class - and I'm happy to say we danced really well together! Looks like I ...