An interview with me at 4dancers!

To celebrate a month of Adult Ballet, the owner of the very awesome website, 4dancers, Catherine Tully has posted interviews with many adult ballet dancers.  All of them have terrific stories about how they started in dance, what their backgrounds are, and the joy they get from studying ballet.  In a previous post, I mentioned a couple of my favorite stories.

And now, here is mine!  From the perspective of being a teacher of these amazing students, of course. 

Enjoy the wonderful articles and be sure to bookmark Catherine's site to get updates when she posts. 

Happy dancing, beautiful dance peeps~

Spotlight on Adult Ballet at 4Dancers blog!

You know I'm always looking for good stuff and one of my favorite places for good stuff is 4Dancers.  This month, the awesome blog has a series of really terrific interviews with adults who began ballet later in life, as well as its regular pro dance features.  I especially loved reading this one about Acacia Warwick, who began dancing after her chemo treatments for breast cancer. I love her upbeat attitude and her no-nonsense advice to dance if you want to dance.  That's exactly right!  My new motto for all of my students, regardless of age:

You have one life to live; dance if you want to.

There are so many other wonderful interviews on the blog.  Do yourself a favor and get inspired by others.  And next week, look for an interview with me!  I answered Catherine's questions about teaching adults.

Happy dancing~

Class and rehearsal canceled tonight Friday 3/9

Hello everyone!  In case I don't have your email address and you are not a Facebook friend, I am canceling my classes today as well as the Senior Company rehearsal.  Sad to say, I have a horrible head cold - feeling feverish, exhausted, and just plain miserable.  I've never had to cancel a class because I was sick!  This is a genuine first for me.

So to anyone who was planning to come this evening, I am so sorry to have inconvenienced you!  I spent my morning thinking I could get better but my head just swims so I would be no good to anyone.  If you can make class tomorrow or next week, I hope to see you then!

Happy dancing~

Ballet and Science

This is a great article from the Huffington Post about the particular skills, personality traits (quirks?), and self-discipline that are inherent in ballet dancers that are also present in scientists. I particularly like this quote about being competitive with one's self: "Peter Sims, best-selling author of Little Bets, calls it healthy perfectionism, a key ingredient for successful innovators." 

What Scientists Can Learn From Ballet by Sylvie Leotin


Happy dancing (and reading!)~