Tag: maggie kudirka

Take #TheTurningChallenge, Help the Fight Against Breast Cancer

It’s been a little over a year since Maggie Kudirka—aka the Bald Ballerina—was diagnosed with breast cancer. Beautiful Maggie. (Luis Pons Photography, courtesy Kudirka) Now, thankfully, the lovely 24-year-old dancer is well along her road to recovery. And she’s decided to mark the anniversary of her first chemotherapy treatment by starting a campaign to benefit […]

"I Am the Bald Ballerina"

At the beginning of 2014, Maggie Kudirka was living her dream. The lifelong dancer had just made it into NYC’s Joffrey Ballet Concert Group, a student company that she hoped would pave the way to a professional ballet career. But by summer, everything had changed: Maggie, just 23, discovered a lump in her left breast […]

This Dancer's Not Just Fighting Cancer—She’s Grand Jetéing Over It

Maggie Kudirka (photo © Lucas Chilczuk) Every so often, a dancer comes along who not only impresses us with her power on the dance floor, but also with her endurance and strength when she’s off it. Maggie Kudirka is one of those dancers. In June, after graduating with a BFA in dance from Towson University […]