I was born in San Francisco and lived there until the age of 11. My parents moved with me at that young age all the way to Washington DC...

Ballet is often seen as an elite art form that takes at least a decade to learn and even longer to master. For many young girls and even...

Ballet is a beautiful art form that is over 400 years old. It has developed out of the French and Italian courts into the technically and...

Sometimes there are dancers who seem to get the roles easily. The ones who are cast well from the moment they enter the company. This...

My whole life has been a practice. From the moment I decided to start walking to my first time on stage to my work with my clients...

I remember being 8 years old in class with my teacher Leslie Crockett at Marin Ballet. I remember hearing for the first time the french...

I could feel exhaustion taking over. Ballet is a challenge, made even more so by the fact that you can't show how hard it really is....

I grew up in the United States, I was born in San Francisco but I attribute my success at becoming a professional dancer to my training...

He sat at the front of the room, his hair was perfectly glued to his head. A blank stare fell from his eyes onto the room. He didn't...

My career ended for the most part because I had extreme pain in my knees. Officially I had Patella tendinopathy, and was often told that...

It had been a long day of learning. I had just arrived home to our apartment, where Marie-Claire and I were living in the 8th district of...

Dancers are a unique breed. You can easily pick them out of a crowd just by looking at the way they walk and carry themselves. There is...

My heart sunk into my stomach. I had taken the summer to recover on my first trip to Australia where it had been nearly 2 months from...

Have you ever heard the story of the frog in the pot? Once upon a time a frog was captured and was going to be cooked for dinner. The...

"Oh Sh*t" I exclaimed under my breath as I dipped her, my lips inches from her's. I was supposed to kiss her but the pain was intense. It...

I was working with a client this morning who has chronic upper back pain and it inspired me to create this little tutorial for you all....

If you're like most dancers you've probably been told at one point or another not to use your quads because it will make your legs bulky....

2020 has been a year of uncertainty for many. A year of challenges that no one could have planned for. A year of unexpected closures,...