fringe, fries, and toe shoes
Rehearsal days, movie nights, new hair, hot toddies, pomme frites…October, you’ve been good to me. Oh, did I mention I have a show this weekend? I can hardly believe it’s almost time to get on stage...
View Articlecoming in for landing
Today’s the day! FBP’s first performance since February. Whew… This week really ramped up, with class and a few rehearsals every day, costume fittings- even a Zoom rehearsal with the incredibly...
View Articleoctober swan
On an outdoor stage with cars replacing rows of plush red velvet seats, horns honking in place of applause, and the sun as our spotlight, FBP performed for the first time in 8 months. It was different-...
View Articlethe perfect mistake
There have been a fair few new faces around FBP lately, and one that I have particularly enjoyed meeting is Christopher Anderson. His classes are fun but challenging, with an emphasis on placement,...
View Articleexpectations and why you should lose them
Expectations. How much time have you spent dwelling on them, ruminating on them, being let down by them? If you’re like me, a lot. But how much time have you spent actually questioning their...
View Articleopening little windows
Dancers being dealt months of dormancy throughout the company’s most changing time has its obvious challenges. Less overt but perhaps more productive to consider, though, are the many openings that...
View Articlejust keep reading
At the risk of sounding redundant, I’ll say it one last time: 2020 was the year of changing courses. Every track ransacked, every road demolished by some undetectable mayhem. Following suit, as you may...
View Articletechnique is not the end
Though my posts have been sporadic this year, I have mentioned one of my new favorite teachers more than a few times. At this point he’s STB famous for his revelatory insights (remember remove...
View Articlewelcome back
It’s been so long since I’ve written here, the whole blogging platform has changed. Excuse me while I relearn how to do something that I once did did instinctively… There’s so much to catch up on, if I...
View Articlespring keeks
Getting out. We never thought we’d lose it, then wondered for months when we’d ever get it back. Something about Spring has me anxious for the outdoors. There are new places and old favorites begging...
View Articleblue
Every once in a while, a ballet comes along that’s just…special. Enter Trey McIntyre‘s Blue Until June. This ballet ticks all of the boxes I didn’t know were empty. Set to the music of Etta James, Blue...
View Articleuntil june
It took until (almost) June to write about Blue Until June, but alas, here we are. When the final (metaphoric) curtain dropped on our season closing program, I was consumed by teary celebrations of a...
View Articlechapter 2
Something about this crazy, confusing, currently inconsistent new chapter has me craving this open space to document. I think it's because I feel like I am finally being honest with myself again, even...
View Articlea purview breakthrough
It’s a Monday and the first day of May, so seems like as good an excuse as any to do a little written manifestation. Ugh, did you roll your eyes when you read the last word of that sentence? I sorta...
View Articleroom with a view
The thing about ballet class in the Big Apple that feels the most uniquely New York to me is not the fast tendus or the Rockette in the corner. In fact, it’s precisely not in the room at all… It’s...
View ArticleI’m starting a Substack!
Hi, hello, surprise! Have you missed me? It’s been such a long while since I’ve occupied this space. Recently, I’ve been feeling itchy to write, to create, to share. I want this new call to have its...
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