Meet Juliet!

March 3, 2014

Happy March!

Here at DS HQ, we’re more than ready to be kicking off a new month (please please please tell us that March is going to finally bring us some warmer temperatures and pretty flowers…please?) and, fittingly, a brand-new issue!


Introducing…Juliet Doherty!

The March issue of Dance Spirit is our annual Ballet Issue, and how lovely is this prima-in-the-making on the cover?

A little backstory…

I have been obsessed with Juliet Doherty for years. I saw her perform the role of Clara in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and I fell hard for her gorgeous facility, sweet smile and perky onstage personality. At the time, Juliet was a competition dancer training at Fishback Studio of the Dance—her great-grandmother’s studio—in her hometown of Albuquerque, NM. Now, at 16, Juliet’s making big moves toward a serious ballet career: She’s currently a level-seven student at the San Francisco Ballet School and she’s performed as Clara in San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker. Earlier this year she competed at the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland. And let’s not forget—she’s a ballerina named Juliet. It’s perfect.

We are so excited to feature Juliet on the cover of this issue. Not only is she a stunning dancer (as you can see from the cover—can this girl take a beautiful picture or what?), she’s also super-smart (she was asked to give an inspirational TEDx Talk in 2012!), ultra-sweet and insanely humble.

Click here to read Juliet’s cover story.
And, as always, we’ve got plenty of extras for your viewing enjoyment: click here to check out a ton of outtakes from Juliet’s cover shoot in L.A. with photographer Joe Toreno, and then watch a behind-the-scenes video from the shoot.

We love you, Juliet, and we can’t wait to see what you do next!