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Train in Germany, Dance in Europe: The Palucca Path to a Professional Ballet Career
What does ballet training look like when it’s housed inside a 100-year-old university, with the Semperoper Ballet as your next-door neighbor? We sat down with Rector and Vice-Rector of in Dresden, Germany, for a close look at one of Europe’s most…
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What Happens When You Choose Harvard Over the Company Contract
What happens when a dancer who traded pre-professional ballet training at the John Cranko School and the Joffrey Ballet Studio Company for a Harvard degree? Or when a dancer who received offers from the training programs at Joffrey, Colorado Ballet,…
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Zurich Dance Academy’s Jason Beechey on Pre-Pro Training and the Future of Ballet
Jason Beechey has spent his career shaping pre-professional ballet training. After 18 years as rector of Palucca University of Dance in Dresden, he now serves as Director of and Head of Dance at the Zurich University of the Arts. He walks us through…
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College vs. Postgrad: What One Nevada Ballet Dancer’s Path Can Teach Us
What happens when a dancer skips the postgrad route entirely and still lands a professional contract? Paityn Lauzon, now in her fourth season as a company artist with Nevada Ballet Theatre, did exactly that. She grew up at a small competition studio…
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Are Swan Lake, Giselle and Sleeping Beauty Still Relevant? Fran Makes the Case
Timothee Chalamet said no one cares about ballet anymore. Fran Veyette disagrees. He’s back on #NoThirds, and this episode goes deep into one of the most debated questions in the ballet world right now: are the classical, full-length ballets still…
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Pre-Pro to Professional Ballet Training: Jen Sommers of Houston Ballet Academy
How long can your dancer stay home before it starts to matter? It’s one of the most common questions ballet parents face, and one of the most consequential. Jen Sommers, Director of joins us to talk through exactly that, along with everything else…
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Gavin Larsen: Infinite Steps and the Truth About Ballet Careers
Author, teacher, and former principal dancer Gavin Larsen has spent her post-performance life doing something she loves just as much as dancing: drawing stories out of other people. Her new book, Infinite Steps: 33 Dancers and Their Lives in Ballet,…
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Dancer Stories: Charlotte Junge of Madison Ballet on Going Pro, Paying Rent, and Finding Yourself
What does it really take to go from pre-professional student to professional ballet dancer? Charlotte Junge, a company member with Madison Ballet, shares the unfiltered version of her journey from competition dance roots in Houston to training at…
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Madison Ballet’s Ja’Malik Is Done with the Old Way
Madison Ballet’s Ja’Malik didn’t arrive to tinker around the edges. He came to change things, and four years in, it’s working. He shares a journey that started with Michael Jackson’s Thriller in his front yard and led him through the Joffrey Ballet…
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#NoThirds: Bullying in Ballet: The Lobby, the Queen Bee & You
In the final episode of our four-part bullying series, we’re joined again by Kelsey Fyffe, a therapist who works with pre-professional dancers, and Suzette Takei, a veteran academic school administrator and educator, as we get into the messy stuff….