Who Was Adeline Genee And How Did She Influence Ballet?

Adeline Genee

Dame Adeline Genee is a name that is not familiar with most of the general public, but in her time Adeline Genee was well known and celebrated in England as a great ballet dancer. She was a Danish girl and at the age of 15 already a veteran of five years on the stage. Dame … Read more

Argentine Tango Dresses Online At Great Prices

Argentine Tango Dresses Online

If you are looking to buy Argentine Tango Dresses online, then I have some beauties to show you and the prices are extremely reasonable, being online. Scroll down and click on the dress or dresses you are interested in to find out more. Let’s Just Chat For A Moment About the Argentine Tango as a dance. … Read more

How Parents Can Build Curiosity At Home To Raise Motivated Learners

how parents can build curiosity at home

Let’s discuss how parents can build curiosity at home and help to raise motivated children. Even though this article doesn’t mention dancing too much, it can help for parents of dance students. Here are some great tips to encourage curiosity based learning. Parents of young children often watch a natural curiosity collide with busy routines, … Read more

Children Attention Deficit Disorders – How Do I Teach This Type of Child

baby ballet class

Over the last few years of teaching dancing, I have noticed that I have had more and more cases of children attention deficit disorders.   I can’t quite put my finger on when these numbers started increasing to the level that it has now gotten to, but suddenly there are about two in every four … Read more

L’Apres-Midi d’un Faune The Ballet

L'Apres-Midi d'un Faune

L’Apres-Midi d’un Faune was Nijinsky’s first ballet, and it was a ballet that was presented before it’s time. This is what the editor of one of the leading newspapers in Paris wrote the day after the ballet premiered: ‘I am certain that any of our readers who were present yesterday at the Chatelet will join … Read more

American Ballet Theatre – Some History For You

American Ballet Theatre

When Mikhail Mordkin started the American Ballet Theatre in 1937, his vision was ‘This company will be a “gallery of dance” and “the collection and display of masterpieces of all times, places and creators, rather than the vision of a single choreographer.‘    The above words were uttered by Richard Pleasant, who was American Ballet … Read more

Stone Bruise Treatment And Symptoms

If you suffer from stone bruise heel or stone bruise on the balls of your feet, here is some advice on stone bruise treatment for you. What Is Stone Bruise? Stone bruise often known as stone bruise heel are sore spots on the bottom of the feet. Stone bruise can affect the balls of the … Read more

Ballet Teacher Health Care – Ballet Teachers Are Not Invincible

teacher health care

As a ballet teacher myself, I know that teacher health care normally takes a back burner. Ballet teacher health care should be an important part of your routine, and this applies not only to ballet teachers out there, but to all teachers of dance. Tell me, does this sound familiar? “At the end of the … Read more

Hip Problems In Dancers – The Common Ones

hip problems in dancers

The human hip area is complex and lots can go wrong if not careful, so here I have looked at hip problems in dancers. The hip is a ball-and-socket joint, and together with intricate sets of ligaments offers a ballet dancer tremendous range of motion, and at the same time also withstands great wear and … Read more