Tag: ballet training

What do we love more than a video about ballet? A video about ballet done right—like YouTuber Michelle Khare’s chronicle of her 6-week deep dive into the world of professional ballet. The vid, part of Khare’s “Challenge Accepted” series, features DS regular Alison Stroming, Aaron Smyth (who partnered Misty Copeland in The Nutcracker and the […]

On the morning of May 1, Miriam Barbosa posted a photo of her daughter, Itzkan, on Facebook. The image itself is striking—Itzkan stands smiling on pointe in front of Miami City Ballet, where she has spent the last year as a pre-professional student, perched atop a mountain of old pointe shoes of all different sizes. […]