2015 Prix de Lausanne is Under Way [Videos]

2015 Prix de Lausanne is Under Way [Videos]

2015 Prix de Lausanne is Under Way 2015 Prix de Lausanne is under way and it looks exciting! This year’s contestants arrived at Lausanne on Monday, February 2 ready to learn and share their dancing skills. The week is practically half way gone. Here are the first three days of this exciting event. Enjoy! In this video trailer you can spot Alessandra Ferri from last year’s Prix. Did you see her? Video courtesy of Prix de Lausanne YouTube channel. 2015 Prix de Lausanne is Under Way This second video was uploaded by one of the Chinese contestants during registration day. You can catch snippets of the women’s and men’s classes. Video from YouTube. 2015 Prix de Lausanne is Under Way In the next two videos you can take a peek at the contestant’s contemporary classes and their classical variations. 2015 Prix de Lausanne – Daily Live Streaming – Monday February 2nd It was great to see Miko Fogarty as one of the contestants in this video during her run through of Raymonda! (minute: 41:20) Video link from YouTube. 2015 Prix de Lausanne – Daily Live Streaming – Tuesday February 3rd Link from YouTube video. Tell us what you think and who do you see as strong contenders for the top spots. I personally miss the Emotional Blog series the Prix has done in past years where they introduce a few dancers each day. You really get to know the candidates, not only in class but outside. I hope you enjoy the videos and subscribe to our weekly updates. Don’t forget to follow the Prix’s livestream...
Top 5 Audition Tips from Experts

Top 5 Audition Tips from Experts

Auditions are nearing, so what a great time to get some expert advice! Here are Top 5 Audition Tips from Experts The first one may seem obvious, but it’s probably the hardest to do, especially if you’re really nervous, but vital to your overall performance. Top 5 Audition Tips from Experts 1. “Stay relaxed.” 2. “Wear something you feel good in—but keep it simple and clean.” 3. “Give yourself a good warm-up before the audition class.” 4. “Be ready mentally and physically.” 5. “HAVE FUN and enjoy the class!” Top 5 Audition Tips from Experts Bonus Tip (from me 🙂 ): Get to the audition on time, or rather with plenty of time in advance. Rushing is sure to get you all worked up and nervous. If you arrive half an hour to a full hour early, (remember to allow time for registration, if the case may be). This way you’ll have time to relax and get in “your calm and confident state,” or in the zone, as they say! To get the full scoop, leap on over to San Francisco Ballet’s site here. If you enjoy our site, please sign-up for weekly updates on the...
Angel Corella Has Built His Career on Change [Video]

Angel Corella Has Built His Career on Change [Video]

Artists, those perennial outsiders, hold a mirror up to the human experience. To live a creative life is to embrace change. A challenge made even more daunting in an unfamiliar land. Yet America continues to be a magnet for artists. Angel Corella Has Built His Career on Change In this video preview, Angel Corella shares his journey from his country, Spain, to the world-wide stage; his return to Barcelona and most recently to the U. S. Video from Articulate channel on YouTube. Angel Corella Has Built His Career on Change Make sure to also watch the video link at the end of the post! “They’re willing to pay $150 million for one player, but they’re not open to pay $2 million for a full ballet company.” Pennsylvania Ballet’s Artistic Director Angel Corrella explains why he dissolved the Barcelona Ballet in 2012. Angel Corella Has Built His Career on Change Don’t forget to watch Angel Corella on the premiere of Articulate – live on air Thursday, 1/8 at 10:30 pm on WHYY, or online anytime at whyy.org/cms/articulate!...
Wendy Whelan Retires After 30 Years of Dancing [Video]

Wendy Whelan Retires After 30 Years of Dancing [Video]

One of New York City Ballet’s favorite prima ballerinas, Wendy Whelan, will say “farewell” tonight in, what sounds like an amazing program. Wendy Whelan Retires After 30 Years of Dancing …on Saturday night, at 47 years old, she’ll give her final New York City Ballet performance before she retires. Not every dancer can be a ballerina, and not every ballerina gets to dance with the New York City Ballet. So when one makes it, and then stays with the company for three decades, it’s a big deal. More on NPR: Poetry-in-Motion by Nina Gregory. Whelan, though she is forty-seven, doesn’t pretend she’s ready to stop dancing. “I have something more interesting to say than I did when I was twenty-five,” she has protested. Maybe she’ll get to say it—she’s putting together duet programs for touring. Read more at The New Yorker: Restless Creature. Wendy Whelan Retires After 30 Years of Dancing To hear her thoughts on what she’ll feel during her final performance, please click here. Thanks to NYCenter on YouTube channel for this amazing video. Wendy Whelan Retires After 30 Years of Dancing It’ll be interesting and exciting at the same time to see where Whelan takes the next stage of her amazing dancing career! Please “Like” or share below!...
How Do I Get My Knees To Straighten? [Video]

How Do I Get My Knees To Straighten? [Video]

This was a problem I had during my years of training, and I know I’m not alone: You feel as if your knees are completely straight, yet your teacher keeps asking you to straighten them; they look bent! What do you do? How Do I Get My Knees To Straighten? Lisa Howell from the Ballet Blog, is a physiotherapist from Australia who has authored several ebooks for ballet dancers. Here’s her advice. It can be tricky to work without the help of a professional physiotherapist. So read, but consult your ballet teacher or physiotherapist before doing this on your own! How Do I Get My Knees To Straighten?  There are a few things that I routinely check on anyone who complains of knees that don’t straighten. 1 ) The first thing I do is assess how much range they have in their knees, by bending and straightening the knee myself (i.e. with no muscle activity. Some girls have reasonable range but just find it hard to do it themselves). 2 ) If the student has full range but just finds it hard to straighten the knees in class, I get them to sit with their legs outstretched and “pull up” their knees, at the same time as I feel the muscle on the inside of the knee. 3 ) If however the student does not have full range in the knee even when it is being moved by someone else, we need to track down exactly what is blocking the range. The first thing to check is where she “feels” the restriction when she tries to straighten her knees. Does she feel a  stretching in the back...

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