Apr 13, 20219 min readDaily class: Bring back your magic...What this year has made clear to all of us is that class has strangely become the most important part of our days... As we can count on...
Mar 7, 20215 min readIf the shoe fits Cinderella...I've almost tried it all... From 13 years old on, I went from Repetto, Merlet, Gaynor Minden to Freed of London for many years, then a...
Feb 20, 20216 min readPut your best (& healthy) foot forward.I recently was just speaking with a friend from my former company Carolina Ballet about her frustrating foot pain. Well, let me tell you,...
Jan 5, 20213 min readNo more 2020 arabesques!I think we all agreed pretty quickly to put 2020 behind us (just like our arabesques, ha). Especially for us dancers.. What a year it's...
Dec 13, 20203 min readYes, No, Maybe?Ride 2020! Disney's new roller coaster... Just kidding, but it makes me as sick as the real ones! I tend to try to find a solution to my...
Dec 5, 20204 min read'Tis the season! Be audition Ready.The time is NOW! Preparing your audition season can seem overwhelming but after many, many years of practice, trial and error, here are...
Nov 28, 20204 min readVisualization: all facets of the mirror.Have you ever watched a performance video of yourself and gasped out loud: "Why did no one tell me this???". The outrage... All you can...
Nov 21, 20204 min readA letter from across the pond.When you have to move your 15 year American life across an ocean in 10 days, you freak out. And i did. Many times... Most of you might...
Nov 14, 20204 min readMy nemesis: Calf tears...I had joined Carolina Ballet as a corps member for a year when Dan Duell and Patricia Blair from my old school, Ballet Chicago, asked me...