You know the old adage about ballet being hard - but I can tell you it's even harder to go without. Staying at home, watching the cl...

I was really looking forward to this dance semester. My dance school is offering daily ballet classes (Mon-Fri) at my own level, wit...

That's me, first day of school. Looking back to my first day of school, it was not unlike switching from improvised contemporary d...

You don't need a whole lot of stuff to dance. You need music. Some place where you can move freely. If you take ballet, a barre and ...

My summer classes of late have been challenging in a different way. Our teacher keeps telling us to relax into more "natural" pos...

That's what our teacher Silvia told us to do. You can pick another theatre of your liking, say La Scala or Opéra Garnier - just make it...

We have no dress code in my dance school. Anything goes as long as it's form-fitting and class-appropriate. Not that I would mind regul...

Sixteen pictures have to be worth more than a thousand words, right?

I should have tossed these old work-uniform pants out long ago, but I like to keep them as a reminder. This is what happened to me when I q...

First, have a cup of coffee and relax. Lay out all the stuff you need: ribbons, elastic, scissors, thread, needle(s). I like to use Bun...

Finnish Ballerina cookies, with a vanilla cream and liquorice filling. Black and white, like Odile and Odette!