"A pirouette is not a pirouette unless you complete it." I was practising my turns on the side, when I got the correction/repri...

Quality, not quantity. How many times have you heard it, and still felt frustrated because you can't developpé your leg past 90 degre...

My DNA dictates that I do not have a beautiful body for ballet. My hips are too wide, my popo too square, my thighs too round, my arms and ...

Sometimes, when we are doing agadio, arabesques and attitudes, I see myself in the mirror and think: it's never going to be beautiful...

Every adult ballet dancer should have at least one perfect go-to-leotard, the kind that makes you feel pretty even on a shitty day. I have ...

It was my third class with our guest teacher, and the tricky exercises were at last familiar. Not easy by any means, but I was no longer...

Another summer coming to an end... My dance studio's fall/winter semester begins today, and I have my first morning class already tom...

When I first found out about Finnish National Ballet's end-of-season ballet gala "Kenneth & Friends," I was over the moon...

Dear Readers and fellow dancers, it's time for another questionnaire... I hope you have time to answer as many questions as you like! ...

"You should be doing triples." Just something one of my teachers said last Saturday, during pirouette exercises. Before that, I...

Pointe class. We're all facing the barre, doing really slow relevés. I let go as often as possible, because I like the added challenge ...