Want to learn more about Warm Ups for belly dance? Join Siobhan Camille for her online workshop in July 2022: What’s in a Warm Up? I think by now, most of us are thoroughly convinced of the benefits of warming up for dance – or at least, we like doing it! When we surveyed 109 […]
Misty Copeland’s introduction to ballet comes to life in an autobiographical story for young readers. With illustrations by Setor Fiadzigbey depict the joy of motion, the book makes a great gift!
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 […]
