International Woman’s Day (Quotes & Thoughts)
No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius. -Anna Pavlova As women, we are faced with stressors and [...]
Summer Workshop Contest 2016
We are excited to announce an optional contest for the dancers who attend one of the workshops held at my studio this summer. [...]
Video Research: Mona El Said
Today, we have some video research fun. Take some time to review the work of the great Mona El Said. To start you [...]
Insist on Yourself (Quotes & Thoughts)
Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the [...]
Inspirations: Judith Jamison
Earlier this week, we posted a quote from Judith Jamison, the Artistic Director Emerita of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Judith has [...]
You’re dancing spirit (Quotes & Thoughts)
Dance is bigger than the physical body. Think bigger than that. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of [...]
The Ballets Russes
The Ballets Russes was a traveling ballet company founded by Sergei Diaghilev and comprised of highly skilled dancers, most of whom had classical [...]
The Interesting Things that Happen on the Way (Quotes & Thoughts)
It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end. Ursula K. LeGuin [...]
Inspirations: The Nicholas Brothers
Before she joined the circus in 1942 at the age of 16, Jamila Salimpour frequented the Apollo Theater in Harlem (New York City) [...]
Communication (Quotes & Thoughts)
I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what is too deep to find for words. Ruth St. [...]