Setting The Barre Blog

08/15/2024

I'm starting a Substack!
The first edition of Still Moving is out tomorrow, click the link below to subscribe if you'd like to read along...

Conversational essays from the inner monologue of an evolving artist. Click to read Still Moving, by Kirsten Evans MacIntosh, a Substack publication. Launched 6 days ago.

05/27/2022

It took until (almost) June to write about Blue Until June, but alas, here we are. When the final (metaphoric) curtain dropped on our season closing program, I was consumed by teary celebrations of a veteran dancer's retirement bow. It wasn't until a few moments later that I felt the pang of missing this ballet. It's normal to miss a good ballet when the run is over, especially the kind that brings the cast together to tell an intricate human story through some of the best music ever recorded....

It took until (almost) June to write about Blue Until June, but alas, here we are. When the final (metaphoric) curtain dropped on our season closing program, I was consumed by teary celebrations of…

04/11/2022

Every once in a while, a ballet comes along that's just...special. Enter Trey McIntyre's Blue Until June. This ballet ticks all of the boxes I didn't know were empty. Set to the music of Etta James, Blue Until June has got soul. It's bluesy and narrative but not cumbersome, technical but totally unpretentious. It swings- the music, the movement, the mood....

Every once in a while, a ballet comes along that’s just…special. Enter Trey McIntyre’s Blue Until June. This ballet ticks all of the boxes I didn’t know were empty. Set to t…

04/08/2022

Getting out. We never thought we'd lose it, then wondered for months when we'd ever get it back. Something about Spring has me anxious for the outdoors. There are new places and old favorites begging to be visited once the crocuses peek out, and I am determined to drink a spritz at (and bring my dog to) them all. I find myself strangely nostalgic for this time each year, despite the fact that it has historically shown me some challenging patches....

Getting out. We never thought we’d lose it, then wondered for months when we’d ever get it back. Something about Spring has me anxious for the outdoors. There are new places and old fav…

04/04/2022

It's been so long since I've written here, the whole blogging platform has changed. Excuse me while I relearn how to do something that I once did did instinctively... There's so much to catch up on, if I try, I'll never start. So instead, let's just dive in right where we are, shall we? We are one month out from the end of what feels like the first season....

It’s been so long since I’ve written here, the whole blogging platform has changed. Excuse me while I relearn how to do something that I once did did instinctively… There’s …

01/20/2021

Though my posts have been sporadic this year, I have mentioned one of my new favorite teachers more than a few times. At this point he's STB famous for his revelatory insights (remember remove expectations from the studio and make the perfect mistake?) and in class yesterday, he rattled off another little gem that went something like this: Allow yourself to…...

Though my posts have been sporadic this year, I have mentioned one of my new favorite teachers more than a few times. At this point he’s STB famous for his revelatory insights (remember remov…

01/19/2021

returning to the stage, one year later

At the risk of sounding redundant, I’ll say it one last time: 2020 was the year of changing courses. Every track ransacked, every road demolished by some undetectable mayhem. Following suit, …

08/07/2019

another review, featuring these incredible artists now on da blerg!

08/04/2019

some thoughts on international evenings I, now on zee blog.

gorgeous shot of and by Christopher Duggar

08/03/2019

SO excited for tonight’s performance! the world premiere by Alonzo King (with brand new music composed and played live by pianist Jason Moran!) mixing And dancers is looking 🙌🏼😍
@ Vail Dance Festival