I have never been this excited about any ballet competition before! As a volunteer you get to know the competitors a little, and you do get...

Monday morning I reported for volunteering duty at the Helsinki International Ballet Competition (HIBC). As my first job I got to sign in t...

Dear Readers, where do I even begin? It has been a whirlwind of a weekend, two fabulous and exceptionally warm summer days here in Helsi...

Starting from today, ballet takes over pretty much my entire spare time: classes, rehearsals, recitals, volunteering, classes, watching oth...

Hold-all ballet bag. I can fit everything in here, except for my macbook.. Two pairs of pointe shoes, Bloch Balance Europeans (size 6 ...

I'm not a morning person. But I do love ballet, and the prospect of starting my day with dance is enough to turn me into a morning-clas...

After last week's near-collapse at the end of pointe class, I'm back full force! I almost got a little worried after that incident,...

We started our spring show rehearsals last Friday - and not a day too soon, might I add. The performance is in five weeks, which unfortunat...

I had to skip my ballet class today. Apparently it's flu season and I caught me some, hacking cough included. I was already feeling it ...

Sometime ago Madame asked me if I had done any teaching yet. First I was confused, then I was floored - she was talking about teaching ball...