Dancing Flame Ballet

To celebrate the birthday this month of one of the most fascinating and breathtaking figures in the history of ballet dancing, I've...

This month, in honour of the upcoming River Dance Festival organized by the Roxey Ballet in which I'm so thrilled to take part, I wanted...

So I came across my subject for this week's blog by creating and rehearsing the piece I submitted to Roxey Ballet for the River Dance...

Those who know me - and most of you reading this blog do - know that I can't let a day such as today pass without writing something for...

Last week I came across a wonderful interview of David Hallberg, at the present artistic director of the Australian Ballet, with a...

I came across my subject for this month's blog while watching for the first time a movie I've wanted to see for a long time: The Red...

This month as promised I wanted to celebrate Nijinsky's 135/134th birthday on the 12th, with an exploration of his life and what makes...

This month on the 13th marked the 141st anniversary of the death of Richard Wagner in Venice, at the Palazzio Vendramin Calergi. As I've...

Whatever style of dance we like, whatever appeals to us in the art, whatever virtue we deem most important in a dancer, there's that one...

"Let me tell you now why you don't improve, and your progress seems long and tedious to you. You overthink it; you overthink everything....

This week I wanted to present a figure that all who are even only a little familiar with ballet history are likely to have heard of, and...

"They keep telling you that persistence is the secret & the key to success, and to everything. But you persist, and sweat and suffer, and...

"You, aspiring artist, are not wise; and so long as you have no wisdom to see things as they are, your advance will be hindered, by no...

"Movement is magic. Movement is power. Anyone deserves to move: if not in body, then in spirit. Movement is Life. Through it every...

"Again I'm telling you, there is a magical force which gives you undreamt-of power in your art. The common human being is distracted,...

The 28th of last month marked the 390th birthday of a composer who became associated with the longest recorded reign in History:...

"There is something magical about the performing aspect of all art forms which you still ignore. When you rehearse a combination of...

"And now let me tell you another secret. As in Nature everything in Art is a loop. For indeed, some of you think that technique &...

"And here you are again, contemplating all the efforts & the progress you've made in your art since the beginning, when you still had no...

"Your talent is your secret: you need not share it with anyone else. You can impart of your knowledge, and help others reach the level...