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Ballet Body Image
Ballet dancers are obsessed with having the ideal ballet body. But what does that even mean? And what if there were a way that focus on artistry and technique were always just as important as focus on “perfecting” our ballet body image? Most dancers owe much of this obsession to their self-inflicted struggle to be…
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Test Your Nutcracker Ballet Knowledge
You’ve danced or seen the ballet for years, perhaps even decades! Are you up to the challenge to take this Nutcracker ballet quiz to see what you really know?
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The International Ballet Club
Here at The Traveling Ballerina, we wanted to create a space where ballet lovers from all around the globe could get together to chat about and share all things ballet. While we don’t have the capacity to do this in-person (yet!) we have created a Facebook Group called The International Ballet Club and hope that you…
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Chinese Stereotypes in Ballet
It’s that time of the year when we start hearing Tchaikovsky’s music from The Nutcracker everywhere we go – in restaurants, in shops, and of course at the theatre. This holiday classic is ubiquitous during the Christmas season so much so that even those who are not frequenters of the ballet are familiar with the tunes. Perhaps…