Ballet training is hard on a dancer’s body; injury is common place. I’ve learned a lot on how to deal with my injuries, from small niggles to some more serious, particularly over the last two years when my training has become more intensive. I wrote in one of my blog posts, here, that one of …
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Preparing for auditions …..
The start of my summer holidays began as soon as I finished my last exam on 11th June… and headed straight for the airport through the rush hour traffic. I only just made it to the plane on time! And safe to say, since returning home, the pace has really kept up as I’ve been …
13 lessons I’ve learned as a ballet dancer in training
If you’d like to follow my career as a professional classical dancer, go over to my Instagram page here. Read on to find out more about my life at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy … Looking back on my training so far, there are so many things that I wish I could tell myself as an …
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A day in the life of a Bolshoi Ballet Academy student
If you’d like to follow my career as a professional classical dancer, go over to my Instagram page here. Read on to find out more about my life at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy … This is a typical day in the life of a Bolshoi Ballet Academy student…… I’m currently in Second Course, the second …
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My pre-ballet class warm up
Update: I produced this blog post in 2013 in my second year at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and it’s had many, many views. The exercises have stood me in good stead and I use many of them in my training now as a professional. If you’d like to see updated versions of these stretches and …
