by Balancedballerinas | Jul 8, 2019 | BALLET, OTHER, PODCAST
I am so excited to share this beautiful conversation with the even more beautiful Lina Kim – Soloist with Queensland Ballet. Lina was awarded the Most Outstanding Dancer and Queensland Ballet Scholarship Winner back in 2007 upon joining the Queensland Dance...
by Balancedballerinas | May 27, 2019 | BALLET, OTHER, PODCAST
A couple of weeks ago two of my favourite things collided – books and ballet! I’ve actually had a copy of Kerri Turners debut novel, ‘The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers’ sitting on my beside table for months. So when I heard Kerri would be in...
by Balancedballerinas | May 21, 2019 | BALLET, OTHER, THOUGHTS
Whilst watching the documentary ‘Love, Marilyn’ I came across some interesting thoughts about posture and how one carries themselves. One could argue that this is easily the most important focus of a ballerina. According to the documentary, Marilyn studied...
by Balancedballerinas | May 7, 2019 | BALLET, THOUGHTS
Did you know that there are MULTIPLE syllabi in the ballet world for students to learn? Some popular ones in Australia include; Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), Ceccheti Australia (CA), Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing (CSTD) and Australian Teachers of Dance...
by Balancedballerinas | Apr 5, 2019 | BALLET, HOMEWORK, OTHER, POINTE
These three easy foot strengthening exercises can be easily done at home or in the studio. There are so many little muscles and metatarsals in the foot and as dancers we need to ensure they are strong to maximise our potential during allegro exercises, stability...
by Balancedballerinas | Mar 31, 2019 | BALLET, NUTRITION, OTHER, PODCAST
Did you know that dancers are 12.4 times more likely to develop scoliosis? And that ballet dancers are at a higher risk of developing scoliosis than the general population? I had no idea. A few weeks ago I received an interesting information package from my local...
