Click image for publisher’s website Misty Copeland’s 2014 debut picture book, “Firebird,” featured an adult Misty encouraging a young ballerina to soar the heights of the stage as she did. Gorgeously illustrated by the venerable Christopher Myers, the book told the story of a young dancer who lacked confidence and needed to hear the words […]
Introduction The music is playing. The floor is set up. You have your dance shoes on and are ready to move! But then – something doesn’t feel right. Your balance is off, your tango shoes don’t quite fit right, instead of focusing on the teacher, partner, music, experience, feeling… you are preoccupied with your shoes. […]
Terez Mertes Rose’s latest novel jetés back into the world of the fictional West Coast Ballet Theatre with a narrative set in the 1990s. Click image to preorder. Faithful readers who have followed Terez Mertes Rose’s “Ballet Theatre Chronicles,” which began with “Off Balance” and its sequel “Outside the Limelight,” will once again be happy […]
Angry, fed up and isolated. These are the words of a 14-year-old girl describing how she has felt during the COVID-19 pandemic. Makes for difficult reading, right? And it can seem like we’re pretty powerless to do anything to help our children feel better. When everything is topsy-turvy and routines are all over the place, […]
If you’re training at home, you know it’s a challenge to take class properly. Even if you’ve set up your home studio with a barre and a non-slick surface, there are still limitations to what you can do safely at home. And if you’re the parent of a child who is taking classes virtually, you […]
