Tag: arches

This one’s for all you ballerina-hopefuls out there wrestling with spatula feet… Not all of us were endowed with arches so curved they’d make a banana jealous (le sigh)—and while having less-than-ideal feet isn’t a ballerina death sentence, we understand that the struggle is real. That said, let’s set aside the Thera Bands, the tennis […]

Pennsylvania Ballet soloist Gabriella Yudenich says she didn’t grow up with perfect feet—but she made the best of what she had. (Paul Kolnik) “I grew up in a ballet family—my mom and dad were principals with Pennsylvania Ballet—so I found out pretty early that I didn’t have the best feet,” says PAB soloist Gabriella Yudenich. […]