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Great Ballet Partnerships

In the world of ballet, pairing up two dancers is almost like creating a marriage. There must be chemistry, communication and trust.  The male ballet dancer must be confident and strong in his  lifts; the ballerina must also be strong and at the same time allow him to support her....

Featured Ballerina: Alessandra Ferri [Video]

Alessandra Ferri is one of my favorite ballerinas. Not only because she has the most incredibly beautiful ballet feet, but because of her powerful stage presence and dramatic interpretation, as you’ll witness in the music video below where she appears with Sting: as he plays, she dances with absolute technical...

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The Video Dictionary of Classical Ballet by Kevin McKenzie and Georgina Parkinson

"Ballet was never just a set of physical exercises or positions.
It was always a set of beliefs,
an aspiration to nobility,
an aspiration to the extraordinary,
to the 'merveilleux'.
It was a way of life. And it is today a connection to the past,
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