tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55000236408098250942011-11-29T19:38:15.959-05:00Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408803264438733725noreply@blogger.comBlogger6991100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500023640809825094.post-58852971524270123612011-08-24T15:20:00.004-04:002011-08-24T15:23:30.146-04:00

This weekend is another Performing in NY Showcase! I'm assistant director of the whole production, which means a LOT of work coordinating 230 dancers under 14 directors. Good thing I enjoy putting on a show because man, it's a lot of emails! Haha. This round I helped my teacher stage parts of Swan Lake Act II and will be dancing as well. Looking forward to it :) http://

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Check out my embarassing moment and 8 others in the new issue of Dance Spirit Magazine! Dance Spirit magazine – Inspiring. Trendy. Fun. Dream big. Dream now.

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Awesome ABT soloist Misty Copeland was interviewed last week on Ashani Mfuko's The Kiner Hour - Let's Talk Dance and it's great to hear how her perspective has grown and changed as a professional dancer. I personally think it's a super cool interview because I sat in the same chair as her a few months ago when I was interviewed on the show!

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Confession: I have never watched a full episode of So You Think You Can Dance. Nor Dancing With the Stars. For some reason I just can't get into it...I know a lot of professional dancers (and former dancers) who say they don't like to go to the ballet because it's like a doctor watching a show about doctors - it's your job. I actually love going to the ballet, but haven't joined the dance on

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I got news this morning that New York City area dancer Alexander Espinal-Rodriquez passed away. Alex was a guest with Exit 12 Dance Company for a show we did in Connecticut last June 2010, and though I didn't know him well besides that weekend away, it's very clear he was a talented young dancer and very well-liked in the NYC dance community. It's sad to see any young life taken - another

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After London and Paris on my first Eurotrip back in June, I spent a week exploring different places in Italy. First top: Venice, which quickly became one of my favorite places on Earth. More Italian photos coming soon :)

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My friend and fellow dancer Rebecca Dengrove is working on a new line of ice pops called Brewla Bars (they're yummy!), and she needs your support through Kickstarter. You get cool prizes for donating. They were featured in The New York Times last week and you can find them all over the city at different outdoor markets. Help 'em out. "Brewla Bars: Daniel and Rebecca are a brother and sister

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Summer used to be my busiest time for ballet - I'd run off to an intensive (or 2...or 3) and dance all day long, everyday. Now, as a freelance professional dancer my seasons are reversed. This spring I was going nonstop, performing something new every other week. This summer, things are *quiet* for once. I shouldn't complain - during the busy season (and upcoming Nutcracker season...) I'd

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If you're in NYC this summer you know that the opportunities for master classes with exciting teachers are nearly endless. A good one you should hit? Jeremy McQueen at Broadway Dance Center this week.Jeremy was one of my partners at Radio City and has an extensive theater dance resume (and check out my review of his choreography here).Jeremy will teach Intermediate Level Contemporary Jazz Dance

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One of the highlights of my entire trip was visiting the Paris Opera House. The history! The elegance! Though the theater itself was beautiful of course, it was the lobby that was most thrilling. There's a long hallway of gorgeous chandeliers and gold everywhere. So amazing. In terms of the house, the Met still has my heart won - but the stage looked really deep and the seats went way up high.

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Stage Door Connections is offering a weekend intensive with the ever-awesome Andy Blankenbeuhler!WHO: Andy BlankenbuehlerWHAT: 2ND ANNUAL! Andy Blankenbuehler Theatre Dance Intensive - 2 Day Workshop!WHEN: Saturday & Sunday, Aug 27th & 28th, 10:00am-4:00pmWHERE: Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC), 450 West 37th Street, 4th FloorWHY: Understand the way in which our technique can be used to create

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The second leg of my dream trip to Europe was in Paris. I'm breaking my photos into two separate posts - one for the normal tourist stuff, and one for the bunhead tourist stuff :)Again I only had two days in this beautiful city, so I crammed in all the sightseeing I possibly could. I must have 800 pictures of the Eiffel Tower alone - what a site! It was quite unbelieveable to be standing in

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This weekend is the 4th annual Latin Choreographers Festival. I performed in it last year with Exit 12 Dance Company and it's great to see how it's growing. See 13 different choreographers at this year's program, including SYTYCD's Ellenore Scott (read my interview with her here), Donna Salgado, and Azure Barton/STEPS Repertory Ensemble.Baruch Performing Arts CenterEast 25th Street between

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Earlier this summer I made another dream come true - my first trip to Europe! I've been trying to go for several years now and for one reason or another things fell apart last minute. In June I finally had both time and money (at the same time) and treated myself to a two week trip. It was amazing!I had very little time to hit all the places at the top of my list, so I only got a day or two in

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(Since I'm about 8 months backed up on blogging (oops) I'm going to slowly post about dance stuff from this past spring - starting with an opportunity out of my usual bunhead realm...)The only constant of the creative process is uniqueness – it’s always a one of a kind experience of time meeting artistry meeting innovation. But in today’s busy world creativity is often stifled by lack of funding,

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Waiting for an audition for a fitness video.Result: cut after type-out of walking in place. Fail.

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Well, despite not writing for nearly 4 months this blog just celebrated it's 4 year anniversary! In July of 2007 I started this old thing for my ramblings, and here and there I've actually said something worthwhile. Though I've made sad attempts to revive regular posts, I really am going to make an effort this summer to get back in gear. I have SO much to write about backed up in my brain from

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It's April. That's insane. So much is going on but I'm really going to try to get back to regular blogging...for real this time. Next week marks 7 months since my ankle surgery, and it's only within the past few weeks that I've FINALLY felt back to 100%. PT started using iontopheresis on my foot, which is like being hooked up to a battery in order to force medication into the body. It sounds

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Forgive me. It's been too long! The blog has been slow because life has been moving f-a-s-t lately. So much going on and so much to update about...I'm basically back to full dancing on my foot even though I'm still in pain. I start rehearsals tomorrow with a new company for ballet shows in April and am hard at work preparing for the March Performing in NY Showcases I help direct. Plus I'm

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Alex Wong, from MMAC website This Saturday, the awesome Alex Wong is teaching a contemporary master class at MMAC from 12-1:30pm for $20. The former Miami City Ballet soloist and SYTYCD favorite has much to offer, I'm sure. It's sort of a shame these kinds of things only last one or two classes...so much to learn in so little time! Also, Take Ueyama of Take Dance is in the middle of his

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 Central Park in a storm last year Here we are again. More snow in NYC. This storm wasn't nearly as bad as the Christmas weekend one, but it still makes the streets soggy and the muscles mopey. But a bunch of dance-related places are offering Snow Day Specials today only...so if you're able to dig yourself out, take advantage of them! -Pilates Reforming NY is offering reformer classes

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Ballet du Grande Theatre de Geneve in R&J, from brochure Summer seems oh so far away right now, but the wonderful summer dance festival at Jacobs Pillow has announced their season for 2011. I love that they have so many international companies coming! 3e Étage: Soloists and Dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet, Carte Blanche from Norway, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève in "Romeo & Juliet" (!!

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Everyone's talking about it so I had to post it... Jim Carey could use a little basic ballet class, haha.

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It's that time of year again: each January the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) holds several showcase performances with companies from all over during their conference to give members a taste of dance they may be interested in presenting. What does that mean for NYC dance-goers? Free performances! Sometimes these get packed and a little chaotic because people go in and out

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Is there anyone who hasn't secretly wished they lived in the world of Harry Potter? The streets of Hogsmeade and the halls of Hogwarts seem a lot more fun than real life... For dancer Isabel Power, that fantasy is not so far off. The Florida native and recent Point Park University graduate performs as a Beauxbaton Dancer at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios! Awesome!

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Photo by John Grigaitis, taken from Tonya's Blog Wow! This just in: Cory Stearns from ABT has been promoted to principal! I loved wacthing him in Romeo & Juliet when I supered, and he's really stood out in other recent works as well. And he's so young! I'm sure they had to promote someone fabulous since the wonderful Jose Carreno will retire this year :/ Congrats Cory! From the press release

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My teacher Kat Wildish was interviewed yesterday on The Kiner Hour's "Let's Talk Dance with Ashani Mfuko." She discusses her own performing and teaching career, as well as Black Swan, the Jennifer Ringer epic, and the importance of cross-training. Check it out above or here - yes, it's an hour long, but even just hearing a few minutes is inspiring.

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I *love* that there are more and more opportunities nowadays to view dance events without actually being there. Between ballet companies abroad showing in local movie theaters and livestreaming online video, it's very exciting. Works & Process at the Guggenheim will be livestreaming Pacific Northwest Ballet's program, "Giselle Revisited" this Sunday, January 9 at 7:30pm. How wonderful! I missed

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I was waiting to write about ABT's Nutcracker because I had hoped to see it once again (I went opening night), but that didn't happen. Hopefully this week I'll find time to say a few things (I really liked it!) but for now, here's a video I came across on Facebook that shows some clips from the show...I like that they show so much of Marzipan. Ratmansky's Marzi is something I'd *love* to dance...

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One of my sort-of-resolutions for this year is to read more. Since finishing grad school (2 years ago?! Seems longer...) I've barely had time to really sit down with a book from start to finish. Here are some things on my New Year's reading list...I'm a little off the "normal" cultural radar (okay, a lot off), but I'm looking forward to reading these... -Margot Fonteyn's Autobiography, which I

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Here it is! Hoping this year is better than 2010 - happy, healthy, and full of dance and dreams for all :)

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2010. It's the end. The end of another year -- of a decade. I seem to say this all the time, but it's incredible how much happens in a year -- and how much doesn't. Time fllies. I tend to live a life of extremes, and for me this year has had some of the highest high points and lowest low points of my entire life. I have SO much to be thankful for. So many people to be grateful for. Back in July

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As the voting round of Dance Advantage's Reader's Choice Top Dance Blogs 2010 FINISHES, I thought I'd do a post a day for a week giving you reasons to go ahead and VOTE FOR ME :) Today's the last day! Vote for Off Center Reason #7: I'm Ancient Reason #6: No Ads Reason #5: Community Reason #4: Writing Quality Reason #3: Endorsements Reason #2: Redesign Reason #1: I Love It I love sharing my

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As the voting round of Dance Advantage's Reader's Choice Top Dance Blogs 2010 approaches, I thought I'd do a post a day for a week giving you reasons to go ahead and VOTE FOR ME :) Vote for Off Center Reason #7: I'm Ancient Reason #6: No Ads Reason #5: Community Reason #4: Writing Quality Reason #3: Endorsements Reason #2: Redesign Image is everything. Since starting the blog 3 years ago I've

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This made me laugh hard for some reason... Portman tells Entertainment Weekly: “I have always kept my private life private but I will say that I am indescribably happy and feel very grateful to have this experience.”  MTV lists "5 Things To Know About FIance Benjamin Millipied"...

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In case you missed it, I'm in the final running for Dance Advantage's Reader's Choice Top Dance Blogs 2010 in the Dancer Musings category AND the Top 20 category. Many thanks to all who commented to help me get through the first round - but now's when I really need your support! If you can, please take a sec to head over to Dance Advantage here and vote! You can only vote once for one blog in

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As the voting round of Dance Advantage's Reader's Choice Top Dance Blogs 2010 approaches, I thought I'd do a post a day for a week giving you reasons to go ahead and VOTE FOR ME :) Vote for Off Center Reason #7: I'm Ancient Reason #6: No Ads Reason #5: Community Reason #4: Writing Quality Reason #3: Endorsements A little self-serving bragging just for one sec (to convince you to vote! A good

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Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas! I sure did - one of my presents was an autographed copy of Margot Fonteyn's autobiography! Wow! Can't wait to read it...

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As the voting round of Dance Advantage's Reader's Choice Top Dance Blogs 2010 approaches, I thought I'd do a post a day for a week giving you reasons to go ahead and VOTE FOR ME :) Vote for Off Center Reason #7: I'm Ancient Reason #6: No Ads Reason #5: Community Reason #4: Writing Quality So, maybe this is subjective but...outside of dance, my second career and passion is writing. I have a BA

Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408803264438733725noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500023640809825094.post-59691685415509957762010-12-25T07:00:00.001-05:002010-12-25T07:00:09.725-05:00

As the voting round of Dance Advantage's Reader's Choice Top Dance Blogs 2010 approaches, I thought I'd do a post a day for a week giving you reasons to go ahead and VOTE FOR ME :) Vote for Off Center Reason #7: I'm Ancient Reason #6: No Ads Reason #5: Community There's no doubt that the dance world is small, as is the tight-knit online dance network. As a blogger, dancer, writer, teacher,

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As the voting round of Dance Advantage's Reader's Choice Top Dance Blogs 2010 approaches, I thought I'd do a post a day for a week giving you reasons to go ahead and VOTE FOR ME :) Vote for Off Center Reason #7: I'm Ancient Reason #6: No Ads Guess what? Ballet is not a moneymaker. Journalism is not a moneymaker. So...dance writing/journalism/blogging is NOT a moneymaker. Yes, it's hard to

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As the voting round of Dance Advantage's Reader's Choice Top Dance Blogs 2010 approaches, I thought I'd do a post a day for a week giving you reasons to go ahead and VOTE FOR ME :) Vote for Off Center Reason #7: I'm Ancient As my overview post earlier today explains, this blog has been around. I started blogging back in July 2007. And with the exception of dance critic Eva Yaa Asantewa's blog

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The photo that inspired my blog title. Getting ready for Balanchine's Divertimento No. 15 at BAE 2007. Photo by the wonderful Rosalie O'Connor. Between the Huffington Post, The New York Times, and the Dance Advantage blog comptetition, I've gotten a lot of new blog readers lately :) Welcome! I thought (since it's been a while...) I'd just do a quick overview post about the blog and such... I

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First the good news... Off Center has made it to the final voting round of Dance Advantage's Reader's Choice Top Dance Blogs 2010! I'm entered in the Dancer Musings category, competing now against Miami City Ballet dancer Rebecca King's blog, Tendus Under a Palm Tree (we're both Rock School alumni!), and Norweigen ballet dancer Henrik's blog, Tights and Tiaras. And then I'm also in the Top 20

Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408803264438733725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500023640809825094.post-46771576965462246342010-12-22T16:13:00.001-05:002010-12-22T16:16:15.939-05:00

(This was supposed to be funny but it actually turned out kind of self-pitying, haha oops. Sorry to be a downer.) Candy canes are more fun than walking canes. 1. My achilles, 3 1/2 months post-surgery2. My scar, rubbing against my boots3. My calf, from the physical therapist digging in4. My knees, from sitting at this desk all day5. My hip, jacked up from compensating for the injury6. My lower

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Hi friends (and new readers via HuffPo!), Today is the last day of the voting round for Dance Advantage's Reader's Choice Top Dance Blogs of 2010! If you want to help out, please post a comment on THIS POST! This round is judged by number of comments so...let's go! Hopefully after today I'll enter the final voting round...details to come, and that's where I'll really need your help...

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This morning people from American Ballet Theater presided over the opening bell to celebrate the new Nutcracker opening this week! I'm SO excited for opening night on Thursday...

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Let me preface this by saying that I think it's time we move on from all this jibber jabber and actually do something about ballet's issues. Too much talk... Anyway, here are few more interesting news items I've come across over the past few days about "Black Swan," the whole Alastair/Jeni Ringer deal, and eating disorders in ballet... First off, in response to the HuffPost article I was in

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I'm interviewed today on the Huffington Post in an article by Jordan Zakarin about "Black Swan" and the real ballet world. READ IT HERE. I love this line: "But when they're not performing, dance is less an art than extreme sport, with often times unrealistic expectations, driving dancers to their physical and mental limits -- and beyond. The result, far too often, is a loss of an inner self

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My roommate and I, my 1st year at Rock, with our "tree." Sigh. As so many friends finish up Nutcracker seasons this week, I'm thinking back to all my (millions of) Nutcracker memories. Because of my stupid foot, this is the first winter in 15 years that I have danced in some version of the holiday classic. I grew up on it. It's what Christmas means to me. And it's really hard to have the season

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Ok. I admit. I'm in love with old musicals. I'm not ashamed. Last night I happened to catch the last hour of "White Christmas," which I hadn't seen since I was really little. I saw the stage revival before it was on Broadway a few years ago but somehow nobody compares to the old cast... If you get a chance to see it this Christmas season, do it! Check out Vera Ellen and Danny Kaye in this sweet

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Somehow I just realized that I haven't posted about my stupid foot since just after I got out of the giant boot! When it was first decided that I was going to go ahead with the surgery for my achilles bursitis/Haglund's Deformity back in August, my doctor assured me that it would only be a short 3-month recovery til I'd be "back to full dancing." I had my heart set on that Tuesday November 30th

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According to Facebook, it's National Hug a Dancer Day today :) Send a virtual hug by commenting on my blog award post :)

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So...I've been blogging here on Off Center since the summer of 2007. Yes, I've taken time off. Yes, I've had some slow times (ahem, lately...). But I really feel like the blog has been a big part of my dancing life over the years. You've been with me through beginnings, Nutcrackers, graduations, summer intensives, performance reviews, rats and realities, bear heads and Santa beards,  the best

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st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } So recently I was asked to respond to some of the hoopla going on lately about ballet dancers and eating disorders and Black Swan and so on. I wrote this as a guest blog for a bigger site but time restraints made them unable to post it so...here it is now, haha. This was somewhat ins response to this post.--- There’s some kind of artistic hunger ingrained in us as

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She's wonderful. And beautiful. And by the way she says exactly what I've been saying about dancers and weight loss and Black Swan...training that hard naturally makes you thin - and if you're too thin/don't eat you just can't do it anymore.

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Check this out from Works & Process...I can't wait to see the whole thing! Nice to see little Catherine (my Radio City Clara one year) as ABT's Clara now!

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Wow - as expected, the second I'm able to physically dance again and take class regularly is the second the blog goes kaput. Hrmmm... It's been an insane two weeks...things are so busy! That's a good thing except for the fact that my foot can barely keep up, haha. Two weeks ago I actually got to perform for the first time on the new foot. It was super exciting but very amusing: it was a huge

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My brother and I. I'm guessing 1993? Halloween has always been a favorite holiday, mostly because ballet class on that day was just slightly less serious when you're all dressed up :) Here are some of my favorites from years past... Halloween 2009. The theme was "Food and Drink," so Alice and I went as cookies and milk. Yes, we did barre like that! Halloween 2009 at Radio City Music Hall.

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I'm super behind on blogging...the minute I'm allowed to somewhat dance again is of course the minute I have no more time to blog...hopefully tomorrow or so I can catch up on a few reviews, previews, and recovery progress reports...sorry for the delay :) Happy Monday!

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 A very special Happy Birthday to my amazing mom today! She has an incredible strength to her and I am eternally grateful for her constant love, support, encouragement, generosity, and role-modeling. She is a wonderful mother not only to my brother and I but to all of her many dance students who love her so. Thank you, mom, for all you do. Have a wonderful day!      PS- These are really awful

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© Liza Voll Photography/www.LizaVoll.com Richmond Ballet's Ariel Rose has been around the world and back. At just 20 years old, he was a soloist guest artist at Ballet Municipal de Lima in Peru after training at ABT's JKO School and Ballet Academy East (where we trained together). His budding career in both ballet and choreography is enviable. Read my interview below with Ariel about his

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Photo from WeLoveColors.com When I'm healthy and taking a zillion classes a day, I often get bored with my usual dancewear. Same old leotards, same old tights. I get creative sometimes with more patterned leotards I made at Class In, but the tights are always blah. But I recently came across We Love Colors, a company that offers all kinds of fun choices! Their tights and leggings are SO

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Today's my first day without the boot! It feels weird, haha. My foot is hurting but not too bad...it's mostly on the outside of my ankle from being stiff and not using it for so long. Supposedly that will go away. It's nowhere near as bad as it used to be pre-surgery, though, so that's a plus. As I walk without the boot I'm still hobbling a bit. It hurts when I flex and stretch to the extreme,

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I'm SOOO happy today! I just went to my doctor for my 6 weeks post-surgery followup and it's all good news: I can stop wearing the gigantic moon boot AND I can start taking gentle barre! It's very exciting. I've been getting more and more frustrated by the day with the boot and with not being able to move. I'm sort of scared to take barre because a) I do still feel some pain if I try to plie,

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Photo by Kokyat Takehiro Ueyama knows how to put on a good show. His contemporary company Take Dance, in collaboration with Pulse, presented "The Distance of the Moon" last week at Judson Memorial Church to standing ovations. And rightfully so: the evening offered intriguing choreography, strong dancers, exceptional live original music, and cool lighting in a great performance space. The

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I've been dancing/working with Exit 12 Dance Company since February and I'm so excited to see today's Reuters interview with our director, Roman Baca! Check it out above as he discusses the piece "Homecoming," which we performed in August and also in May in Connecticut. I'm on the left at 2:12 dancing as the mother!

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Very exciting! Details here. Today ABT announced it's repertoire for the 2011 Met Season (aka my favorite time of the year). Ratmansky and Wheeldon will each have a world premiere, and Millipied will have a U.S. premiere. Then the season starts with some of my favorites: "Don Q" and "Giselle." Next comes "Lady of the Camellias," which I missed the last time they did it recently. Then comes

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This Saturday New York City Ballet is holding a Dance Wellness Workshop that looks really interesting. As a dancer recovering from a serious injury, and an almost-certified New York City Ballet Workout instructor, I'm really looking forward to this: A one-day series of interactive presentations focusing on the care and healing of the dancer’s extraordinary instrument of art—the body. Saturday

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Last week City Center's annual awesome Fall for Dance season wrapped up - and what a fun season it was! I was lucky enough to see 4 of the 5 programs this year (the most I've ever seen at these festivals) and it was such a treat to see the diversity of dance and the genuine enthusiasm of audiences across the board. Because Fall for Dance tickets are only $10 it seems to draw a different crowd

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Has anyone heard of this? Looks interesting...no dancing though. How can you have Nutcracker without ballet?!

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Today marks 5 weeks since the surgery! It's been a long 5 weeks, too. Especially this past week or so I've been getting extremely antsy and more frustrated by the second at not being able to do anything. I watch Fall for Dance or Nutcracker rehearsal or Rodeo rehearsal for a November show and it *kills* me not to be able to move. It's complicated... Part of it is that I'm tired of sitting still

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Just came across this... Ballet flats are in style - could pointe shoes be next? Haha oh wow. Not sure why anyone would want to be on pointe in everday life if they didn't have to be. The heels really make it. Found them at this new site that actually sells some interesting things...nice console tables, yoga gear, fun shoes, and more. Check them out!

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Check me out as Mary in the Nativity scene shown quickly at the 20 second mark!

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Courtney Ramm one of many young choreographers in New York City trying to break in and be seen. While this city is the mecca for dance, that also means the competition is stiff. This weekend Courtney has the opportunity to present her work at Manhattan Movement Arts Center's Your Move! Showcase. She has previously shown student choreography for Ballet Academy East (where we danced together) and

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If you're blog-surfing this weekend definitely check out gendance's new website here. They're a cool weekly dance e-newsletter, but now they've expanded to a fun new community site. Looks like lots of action going on... 

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Restless. That's about the only word that can describe how I've been feeling the past week or so. Though I'm still in the boot, I'm walking almost normal without it around home and mentally I'm desperately missing dancing. But last night I took my first yoga class (actually first anything phsyical class) since surgery and it was fantastic! (Warning: this is sort of a mindless stream of

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Matthew Bourn'e "Swan Lake" While daydreaming about all the classes I'm going to take when my foot gets better I've come across a few really cool special classes coming up in the rest of October...if you're in the city, you should go... I love how great companies that are touring to New York are starting to hold master classes lately. It gives dancers as dancers more experience being seen by

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I really wanted to go see this over the weekend but didn't have a chance. Not long after Christopher Wheeldon called it quits with his company Morphoses, they're back in action - and looking pretty great, if you ask me. Check out the video above of their collaboration with David Lang. When Wheeldon left last year Dance Spirit Magazine's e-newsletter interviewed me about it (as a freelance

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Alston MacGill It's amazing to me how much time flies. This fall marks seven whole years since I first moved away from home to live and dance at The Rock School in Philadelphia. I feel old. My two years there were some of the most important of my life, shaping my identity as a dancer and person. I remember the good, the bad, and the very ugly vividly. For most of the years after I graduated I

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Today marks one month since my surgery. Technically that means I'm only 1/3 of the way through the recovery process, but it was definitely the worst 1/3. Things seem to be going smoothly but not nearly fast enough for my liking, haha. I'm getting antsy. Starting PT last week was a big step, but this week my physical therapist is out of town and I wasn't able to get an appointment with anyone

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If any of you are in the Philadelphia area, check out this free Yoga in the Park class tomorrow. It's in Rittenhouse Square from 5-6pm offered by Philadelphia Ballet School. Looks like it's Power Ashtanga Yoga, which is what I usually take twice a week. It is NOT east...but so good for your strength. An old teacher of mine from when I was at Rock in Philly recently started this new studio,

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Yesterday I started back up with physical therapy - my first appointment since the surgery. My therapist greeted me with open arms. We've been together since May. Going on six months of PT (well, that's counting September which was mostly spent on crutches, not in therapy). As he was writing my new evaluation to kick things off we agreed that this better be the last first-time he ever sees me!

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Photo by Lee Cherry In a matter of months, Ellenore Scott has had the extensive, diverse, and popular dance career so many only dream of. After appearing as a finalist on So You Think You Can Dance?, the La Guardia High School for the Arts graduate has gone on to serious commercial success. She dances with Janet Jackson! (And before her fame we did an intensive with TAKE Dance together.

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The Fall for Dance season starts tonight at City Center! I'm going this evening and really looking forward to seeing Miami City Ballet and Merce Cunningham's company...and really looking forward to seeing two other programs next week. (Oh and hey, if you haven't seen Miami City Ballet dancer Rebecca King's blog yet, you should check it out.) If you weren't able to get tickets it sounds like there

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This looks cool...all this week and this weekend there are free open-air performances on the High Line in NYC by choreographer Naomi Goldberg. Her piece "Autumn Crossing" celebrates community, the joy of dance, the arrival of fall in New York City. Performances are in the Chelsea Market Passage, located on the High Line at West 16th Street: • Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 6:00 PM • Thursday

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Not much happening on the recovery front these past few days. I'm so thrilled to be off the crutches, but the boot still makes traveling a hassle. I have to walk pretty slow (well, slow compared to my normal New York pace) and stairs are a pain. I can't do the subway stairs yet, so it still takes an hour or more to get most anywhere via bus(es). Not so fun. At home I've started taking the boot

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Hubbard Street 2 Dancer Alice Klock is one ballet dancer who's made the move to modern. She trained at Interlochen Arts Academy before entering the BFA program at Alonzo King/LINES Ballet, with summers at prestigious ballet programs including Miami City Ballet (where we were roommates, once upon a time!). She joined Chicago's contemporary Hubbard Street 2 last year and was recently featured in

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Tomorrow starting at 9am you can buy cheap seats at City Center's box office to see Ailey perform in December! More details here. That's a pretty good deal considering even the back of the mezzanine seats are usually more than that - and the company is totally worth seeing! Unfortunately they're not doing web or phone orders, though. The program that night features Matthew Rushing's "Uptown," 

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Yesterday was my first day without the crutches! It was a momentous occasion :) Those things have been slowly killing me, one day at a time, making life in this city miserable. 3 days after the doctor said I could slowly wean myself off of them, they're long gone! I'm happy. I'm still in the giant, heavy boot and I still walk super slow and can't really do stairs well, but it's so much better

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The past two nights I took writing classes for free as part of Gotham Writers' Workshop Fall Open House - and they were fantastic! Tuesday I took a fiction class, and last night was memoir writing. I LOVED it and really want to write a memoir of some of my dancing in New York City experiences - although I'm not sure anyone will want to read it, haha. She emphasized that you don't have to be

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Two years ago today I got the best phone call in the world. "Hey Taylor it's C. calling from Radio City Music Hall. How are you? Please give me a call back as soon as humanly possible about the show..." To this day I have the peppy voicemail saved on my phone. Completely out of the blue, after they had already told me they didn't have a job for me, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular called

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So my brain has been spinning this past week with ideas of how to make this injury/recovery process easier. Then last night a friend from class told me there were a few people who wanted to help me but didn't know what I needed - she said maybe we can find someone with a car near me...or start a fund for a car service on days I have to work early, or something.That sparked me.Why isn't there such

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you MUST check it out if you're a dancer in New York City! They have so many one-of-a-kind learning opportunities that are great to take advantage of if you're an auditioning dancer. One that I really badly want to do while I'm injured is their 6 week course "The Dancer's Voice," which gives dancers with little vocal training (ahem, myself...) the guidance they need to prepare for the singing

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In addition to dancing, I've been working a desk job in PR since February to make ends meet - and though I'm in a second field I'm actually semi-interested in, I can't tell you how hard it is to just sit at a desk all day when you'd rather be in the studio!Obviously I'm in for a whole lot more of that than dancing these next few months while I'm in recovery...but sometimes between answering

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Yesterday was the 2 week anniversary of my surgery and I celebrated by taking quite a few steps without the crutches. I was at work most of the day and it's terribly hard to carry important things around while using both crutches, so finally I gave them up just to hobble around the not-so-big office. It's really awkward to walk without them because the boot is so much higher than my normal right

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This looks cool - and the company is run by Robin Cantrell, a dancer I worked with at Rebecca Kelly Ballet. They have shows this weekend, September 24th and 25th at Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn. And look how cool the costumes are! There's an interview with more info on them here. Tickets are only $10, but they're trying to raise money through Kickstarter. So if you pledge the $10

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"Contemporary dance" is a vague term. Is it ballet mixed with modern? Is it what we see on television nowadays? Is it classier than lyrical?At Perceptions Contemporary Dance Festival last Saturday, "contemporary" seemed to mean distraught intentions, audible breath, a pounding relationship with the floor, and loose, almost improvisational movements across the board. The program at Manhattan

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Happy Birthday to my best ballet teacher...KAT WILDISH!

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Last night I was going through some things and happened to come across the first big article I ever had published in print - and ironically it was about dancers and serious injuries: Casting a Shadow: Injuries and Lifefrom Movmnt Magazine Spring 2008I remember sitting through these interviews at the time, both in awe of the wonderful people I was speaking to and in strong sympathy for their

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