Michel Maling 
As dance teachers, we are always telling our pupils to smile when they dance, but we do this to avoid those blank facial expressions you get when they are on stage. On the other side of the coin, you could end up with a cheesy smile with no change in the facials for the entire … Read more
The Teaching of Classical Ballet: Common Ballet Mistakes in Young Dancers and Their Training This post contains affiliate links, which means that the owner of this website may get commissions on qualifying purchases. Here are some common ballet mistakes that dancers need to try and avoid at all costs. Repeating the same mistakes over time … Read more
Fixing bad posture is very important for the long-term health of your body. Apart from bad posture looking terrible, it is also detrimental to your health over the long term. It is easy to spot ballet dancers, they are the ones with the elegant and perfect postures, long necks, straight spines, beautifully positioned heads and … Read more
Unleash Your Full Potential Dancers! Don’t waste class time by chatting with friends, marking your work, or not giving your best. Going All Out In Your Dance Class In a recent class I was teaching, I challenged my students to give it their all in a full-out run-through of the combination. One student remembered some … Read more
If you are deciding whether or not you want to be a teacher of dance, here is some dance teacher career information you may find interesting. As a teacher of dance myself, I find it both an enjoyable and rewarding career. It has many ups and downs, just like any job, and sometimes it is … Read more
In ballet developpe directly translated means developed or unfolded. When you do a ballet developpe, your working foot travels up the supporting leg, clearly going through the sur le cou-de-pied pointed position and then to a retiré position, before unfolding your leg out into a sustained extension. You could take the leg up to the … Read more
Girls who dance while they are growing up often dream of becoming professional dancers. But this career choice isn’t for everyone and here we are going to look at a day in the life of a ballerina. To become a dancer professionally, you must live for your dancing. You won’t have much of a social … Read more
All About The Ballet Vespri The video above is an extract from Vespri the Opera which was very popular at a time. A lot of people haven’t heard about the Ballet Vespri, and it was also quite difficult to research it, as there isn’t that much about the ballet online. I happened to see the … Read more
Having a ballet dancers body and having strength as well is a hard juggling act, but it is very possible. Why Does A Ballet Dancers Body Need Strength? Having a strong body is very important for ballet dancers and by having strength, we don’t mean you need to be able to pick up the heaviest … Read more
John Cranko was a South African ballet dancer and Choreographer who worked with the Royal Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet. This post may contain affiliate links, which means that the owner of this website will get a commission from any qualifying sales. John Cyril Cranko was born on the 15th of August 1927 to parents … Read more