The Aspiring Dancer

10/10/2021

The Aspiring Dancer added a View Shop button to their Page.

The Aspiring Dancer added a View Shop button to their Page.

13/07/2019

Watch These Paris Opéra Ballet Dancers Give a Surprise In-Flight Performance

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Just imagine: you're settling in for a long international flight, when suddenly Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake starts playing on the intercom—and a

12/07/2019

25/05/2019

Hong Kong Ballet 40th Anniversary Season Brand Video

Hong Kong Ballet 40th Anniversary Season Brand Video

CLIENT: Hong Kong Ballet Artistic Director: Septime Webre Featuring: Artists of Hong Kong Ballet CREATIVE AGENCY: Design Army Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer:…

24/05/2019

Baryshnikov: 'My jump is not high enough, my turns aren't perfect, I can't get my leg behind my ear.' Please don't do that. Sometimes there's an obsession with technique that can kill your best impulses. But communicating with an art form means being vulnerable. Being imperfect. And most of the time this is much more interesting. Trust me."

05/05/2019

Amazing Humans: The 77 year old ballet dancer

It’s never too late! 💫

29/03/2019

How Tall Is Too Tall to Dance?

How Tall Is Too Tall to Dance?

To my fellow long-limbed dancers,

19/03/2019

Dancing can reverse the signs of aging in the brain

Dancing can reverse the signs of aging in the brain

As we grow older we suffer a decline in mental and physical fitness, which can be made worse by conditions like Alzheimer's disease. A new study, published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, shows that older people who routinely partake in physical exercise can reverse the s...

06/03/2019

Giving students more music, theater, and dance boosts writing scores (and compassion), big new study finds

Giving students more music, theater, and dance boosts writing scores (and compassion), big new study finds

One of the largest gold-standard studies on arts education ever conducted finds measurable benefits to giving students more music, theater, and dance.

04/03/2019

“Children need art and stories and poems and music as much as they need love and food and fresh air and play. “

“Children need art and stories and poems and music as much as they need love and food and fresh air and play. “

Wise words from Philip Pullman, who received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2005: Children need art and stories and poems and music as much as they need love and food and fresh air and play.…

28/02/2019

Science confirms: Dancing makes you happy

Dancing makes you happier 💃🏼

When we dance our brain releases endorphins, neurotransmitters that create a feeling of comfort, relaxation, fun and power, so dancing makes us happy.

24/02/2019

How Integrating Arts Into Other Subjects Makes Learning Come Alive

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Several schools, including ones in high-poverty areas, are making art critical to the learning of more academic subjects. They're seeing remarkable student improvement as a result of arts integration.

20/02/2019

Watch Dancer now on DocPlay

Watch Dancer now on DocPlay

14/02/2019

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10/02/2019

Breathtaking Portraits Capture Ballet's Finest Dancing on the Streets of New York

Breathtaking Portraits Capture Ballet's Finest Dancing on the Streets of New York

09/02/2019

The importance of Music Education.....thanks to Keep Music Alive for sharing.....

03/02/2019

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Poetic bronze fountain sculpture by Polish sculptor Malgorzata Chodakowska. #sculpture #fountain

01/02/2019

How Three Ballet Companies Joined Forces to Bring The Magical World of "The Wizard of Oz" to Life

On Friday, Colorado Ballet will present the company premiere of Septime Webre's The Wizard of Oz, a ballet they produced jointly with Kansas City Ballet and Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

Picture The Wizard of Oz, and your head probably fills with yellow brick roads, flying monkeys, emerald cities and ruby slippers. Now imagin

01/02/2019

Emerging female choreographers encouraged to apply

In 2018, we appointed Alice Topp as a resident choreographer. In 2019, we're working with Dance Australia and Sydney Opera House to take the next steps towards discovering and nurturing female talent, starting with an important initiative for up-and-coming classical dancemakers.
We're joining forces to offer a thrilling opportunity for an emerging female choreographer. If you’re a classically trained dancer/choreographer and would like to see your work showcased by The Australian Ballet, this could be you. For more information, click here: http://bit.ly/EFCC-Entries

Alice Topp and Callum Linnane rehearsing Topp's Aurum. Photography Kate Longley

29/01/2019

Don't Miss This Trailer for the New Nureyev Movie, "The White Crow"

The story of Rudolf Nureyev.

It's the moment many of us have been waiting for since early 2017: our first glimpse of The White Crow, a feature film about Rudolf Nureyev'

28/01/2019

NYCB's "Sleeping Beauty" Promo Video Is Absolutely Hilarious

NYC ballet's Sleeping Beauty

Every once in a while, the stars align, things fall precisely into place, and the perfect marketing campaign is born. Such is the case with

27/01/2019

The origins of ballet - Jennifer Tortorello and Adrienne Westwood

The story of how Ballet was born 💕

15/01/2019

Don't Make Your Kids Quit Dancing To Study

Don't Make Your Kids Quit Dancing To Study

Quitting all fun stuff doesn't encourage discipline. If anything, I'd argue we need to show our children how their dance or exercise can help with their exam revision. It can help manage stress and re-focus their brain.

15/01/2019

More Than a Number: How Auditions Helped One BalletMet Dancer Define Her Artistry

More Than a Number: How Auditions Helped One BalletMet Dancer Define Her Artistry

I felt shattered. Cut from the audition at barre. I was 24 years old and had been dancing professionally for eight years already. I'd been v

08/01/2019

Why dance is just as important as math in school

Why dance is just as important as math in school

Dance — and physical activity — should have the same status in schools as math, science and language. Psst: it may even help raise test scores, says Sir Ken Robinson.

07/01/2019

Delayed flight synchronised dance

Delayed flight synchronised dance

08/12/2018

This Ballet Company Is Bringing LED Light Tutus to Its Production of "The Nutcracker"

This Ballet Company Is Bringing LED Light Tutus to Its Production of "The Nutcracker"

With so many productions of the Nutcracker taking place this month, it's no surprise that companies are looking to put their own spin on the

30/11/2018

This New Video Reminds Us Of Everything We Love (And Hate) About Dancing On Pointe, And We Can't Get Enough

This New Video Reminds Us Of Everything We Love (And Hate) About Dancing On Pointe, And We Can't Get Enough

As all bunheads know, there's so much more to dancing on pointe than sewing and bourées. In this new video, The Australian Ballet lays it al

27/11/2018

Do Dancers' Brains React Differently to Music?

Do Dancers' Brains React Differently to Music?

Do dancers' brains react differently to music than other people's, including those of serious musicians?

30/10/2018

Truth.

05/09/2018

It's tap but not as you know it

25/08/2018

Raising the barre: how science is saving ballet dancers

Science is changing the future of dance

Could new science and high-tech training protect dancers from the injuries that end so many of their careers far too early? Mark Bailey investigates

19/08/2018

Nureyev Trailer

Nureyev Trailer

12/08/2018

80-year-old man learns ballet

It's never too late! 💫