Life is Always Inviting us to a Dance   Life is always inviting us to a dance. Some are the dances of emotions and other dances are playful expressions of [...]

Toni Lander and Bruce Marks – My Date With Destiny   My sister yells, from her bedroom, “Mom! She’s dancing in my room again! Make her stop!” It’s an accusation [...]

Remembering Nureyev   I remember the day that I hear that Nureyev died. I was not surprised, nor were any that had watched him during his career, knew him, or [...]

What it is like to Dance Queen of the Willis?   People ask what it feels like to be on a stage dancing to an orchestra, feeling the bright spotlights [...]

In Ballet There Really Is No Casting Couch   In Ballet there is not really a Casting Couch. You cannot really cheat your way to the top by sleeping with [...]

Telling the Story of the Ballet Giselle   Giselle   When most think of going to a ballet, they picture in their minds the ballets such as Swan Lake, Romeo [...]

My First Class at SAB with Suki Schorer   I walk into a huge studio and see about fifteen young women already in the space, putting on shoes and skirts [...]

The Perfect French Twist and the First Day at SAB   My arms are aching from holding them above my shoulders for the last three hours. But it has to [...]

The Letter of Acceptance from the School of American Ballet   As usual, I got home from school, and picked up the mail. Thumbing through it … I stop. There [...]

The Letter of Acceptance from the School of American Ballet As usual, I got home from school, and picked up the mail. Thumbing through it … I stop. There is [...]