Category Archives: Branch Out

From Pointe to PR

Posted on Mar 19, 2009 by .

Equipped with a dance background, an entrepreneurial spirit and a lot of persistence, former ballet dancer April Thibeault started her … Continue reading  →

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In the Ring With Circus Director Shanda Sawyer

Posted on Mar 19, 2009 by .

Street Start: At 14, Sawyer and her older sister began The Rom, a dance company that combined “soap-opera story lines” … Continue reading  →

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What it Takes to be a Dancewear Designer

Posted on Mar 19, 2009 by .

When Kelsey Byerly started making her own uniquely styled leotards while studying in the Joffrey Ballet School/New School University BFA … Continue reading  →

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What It’s Really Like to Write About Dance For a Living

Posted on Feb 24, 2009 by .

Most dance writers have formal training in both dance and journalism, but when Asimina Chremos joined the Time Out Chicago … Continue reading  →

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Photographer Erin Baiano

Posted on Feb 4, 2009 by .

Erin Baiano stands by a window at a photo shoot, calling out directions in two different languages: a dancer’s and … Continue reading  →

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Ben Hartley gives young dancers The Broadway Experience

Posted on Jan 15, 2009 by .

In the six and a half years that English-born Ben Hartley has lived in NYC, he’s become a Broadway staple. … Continue reading  →

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