by Balancedballerinas | Sep 1, 2019 | BALLET, OTHER, PODCAST
Todays guest is Amanda Falson, the creative director of Wondergarden Dance in Melbourne, Victoria. And boy is she creative! Wondergarden dance is a holistic pre-school ballet program that’s designed to plant the seeds of wonderment, mindfulness and love of movement...
by Balancedballerinas | Aug 18, 2019 | ADULT BALLET, BALLET, PODCAST
I am so excited to share this interview with the Balanced Ballerinas community because I know there are a lot of adult ballerinas out there who listen to the podcast! Dianne Harrison is the principal of Elancé Adult Ballet School in Melbourne, Victoria. And as...
by Balancedballerinas | Aug 6, 2019 | BALLET, OTHER, THOUGHTS
The following advice is mostly in relation to ballet auditions, because that’s the kind of environment I know best. If you’re about to embark on a jazz, musical theatre or commercial dance audition these tips will be useful, however I’d do some...
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...
