The Aspiring Dancer

13/07/2019

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Just imagine: you're settling in for a long international flight, when suddenly Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake starts playing on the intercom—and a

12/07/2019

25/05/2019

CLIENT: Hong Kong Ballet Artistic Director: Septime Webre Featuring: Artists of Hong Kong Ballet CREATIVE AGENCY: Design Army Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer:…

24/05/2019

Baryshnikov: 'My jump is not high enough, my turns aren't perfect, I can't get my leg behind my ear.' Please don't do that. Sometimes there's an obsession with technique that can kill your best impulses. But communicating with an art form means being vulnerable. Being imperfect. And most of the time this is much more interesting. Trust me."

05/05/2019

It’s never too late! 💫

29/03/2019

To my fellow long-limbed dancers,

19/03/2019

As we grow older we suffer a decline in mental and physical fitness, which can be made worse by conditions like Alzheimer's disease. A new study, published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, shows that older people who routinely partake in physical exercise can reverse the s...

06/03/2019

One of the largest gold-standard studies on arts education ever conducted finds measurable benefits to giving students more music, theater, and dance.

04/03/2019

Wise words from Philip Pullman, who received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2005: Children need art and stories and poems and music as much as they need love and food and fresh air and play.…

28/02/2019

Dancing makes you happier 💃🏼

When we dance our brain releases endorphins, neurotransmitters that create a feeling of comfort, relaxation, fun and power, so dancing makes us happy.