When the curtain falls, your work isn’t over: That’s exactly when post-show recovery begins. According to Carina Nasrallah, Houston Methodist athletic trainer for Houston Ballet, timing is everything. The 30 minutes after a performance is the optimal window to start combatting soreness and encourage muscle repair. Here, she shares the essential elements of a recovery…
Here are five penned-by-dancers titles, out now, to add to your TBR pile. Being a Ballerina: The Power and Perfection of a Dancing Life Gavin Larsen’s memoir oftentimes reads more like a novel than an autobiography. In the Preface, she confesses that her “dancer-self” sometimes seems like a different person when she looks back. So…
Written by: Maggie Small published at: https://www.pointemagazine.com/ Maté Szentes, a native of Pécs, Hungary, trained at the Hungarian Dance Academy. Upon graduating, he joined the Hungarian National Ballet for three seasons. While he enjoyed dancing in a big company, with 120 dancers, he had a strong urge to live and dance in the U.S. As…
Written by: Haley Hilton / Sep 27, 2021 As live theater returns, we’re reminded again that anything can happen onstage. Be it falling, puking or losing your costume mid-performance, mishaps are a reality of the industry. It’s what you do with the disaster that matters. Five professionals with major onstage fail stories shared their best…
ALLY HELMAN PERFORMS CHRISTINA GHIARDI’S “NUVOLE BIANCHE” WITH BALLET PROJECT OC. (Oliver Endahl of Ballet Zaida) Ally Helman Is Dancing, Directing and Creating on Her Own Terms at Ballet Project OC July 30, 2021 By: Linnea Swarting Creating a ballet company, a streaming service and a digital marketplace during a pandemic might seem daunting to…
International Ballet Day falls on October 1, 2021 this year. Here are a few facts you may not know about the world of Ballet! Ballet originated in Italy in the 15th century. The tip of Pointe shoes is a rigid box made of densely packed layers of fabric and cardboard hardened by glue. Women were…
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A SHOUTOUT LA Interview with Ally Helman We had the good fortune of connecting with Ally Helman and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Ally, what habits do you feel helped you succeed?Discipline is one habit that has brought much success to me personally and to Ballet Project OC. The skill to push forth into…
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