Iggy & Roo
Reflections on Teaching Ballet BY SIOBHAN SEARLE TONARELLI Iggy and Roo … Igor Zelensky and Farukh Ruzimatov, affectionately and practically renamed by my family one summer…
The Bunion: The Nutcracker… or The Prune Juicer
BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; DRAWINGS BY MAGGIE STACK Ah, the beloved Nutcracker, that clichéd of clichéd ballets. Only this year Sunsweet Growers is sponsoring your local Nutcracker,…
Positive Life-Affirming Exercise
An Interview with Ryan Heffington BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT “No More Words” belts from the stereo. Los Angeles-based dance artist Ryan Heffington hollers encouragement to the forty-ish…
Dear Diva: MOVE It!
By Emmaly Wiederholt She walks into the studio as if we’re all watching her, which, ironically, I am. This will be my third time taking this…
What Gives Ballet its Staying Power
By Andrea Thompson It’s ballet, man. Classical ballet stands its ground in the evolution of dance in the same way that classical literature, painting, and music…