My eleven-day-ballet-break ends today. First class of 2013 is coming up, and I'm feeling both excitement and a little dread. A bit t...

Today, on the morning of Christmas Eve, I did my last dash to the grocery store. Not so much dashing as stomping my way through an...

I'm pretty good with my port de bras . At times I have to watch out for the droopy elbows, and take care that fingers don't freeze ...

I've been saying that home is where the barre is, but last week I found myself a new home. Initially, this was not by choice but out of...

The Big Ballet Studio of the Finnish National Ballet. Photo credit: mine. A few weeks back, I had another opportunity to watch company ...

Note to self: working leg needs to be slightly more to the front. That will drop the hip down and improve turn-out. There it is, ...

At times it feels like I'm adrift in a sea of uncertainties, without any clear outlook on my future. Who am I going to be when I (final...

Did my best impression of a human pretzel in ballet class. Another set of those insane stretches our über-flexible primaballerina teacher l...

Nothing has been confirmed yet, but looks like we're going to reprise our Don Quixote -inspired dance for the school's xmas show! ...

Oops, I did it again. That is, I waited until the last class to get new pointe shoes - only to find out that my size was not in stock a...

A fitting t-shirt for ballet class, don't you think? It's happened again. My pirouettes have gone haywire. The moment I go up,...