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Ballet Swan Arms Practice
One of the most iconic and beautiful movements in the classical canon are ballet swan arms during Swan Lake. It is an epitomical display of how ballet dancers use their port de bras (carriage of the arms) to express character, voice, and aesthetics. The video below by Ernesto Galan for Boston Ballet demonstrates the how […]
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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Review: Delights with Diversity and Difference
April 5, 2019 Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo Mixed Program Tampa, FL Friday night was balmy and booked with events to please tourists and locals hoping to enjoy the best of what this River City has to offer. On the docket of possible to-dos during this maniacal Spring Break season was a little advertised […]
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Ballet West Swans Return to the Lake
Ballet West opens Artistic Director Adam Sklute’s Swan Lake tonight in Salt Lake City but as anyone in marketing knows, planning for a ballet starts way before it hits the stage. In a day and age when Photoshop seems to be every social media user’s best friend, it is so fantastic to see people actually making sacrifices […]
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Dance of the Four Swans from Swan Lake
Call it what you like – Dance of the Four Swans, Dance of the Cygnets, The Four Little Swans – but this pas de quatre from Swan Lake is one of the most iconic dances in one of the most iconic classical ballets of all time. It is a coveted role for a ballerina, one […]