🩰 Why Over-Optimization is Holding You Back from True Artistry 1️⃣ The Optimization Trap in Ballet & Dance Ballet training today has...

1️⃣ The Stage Is Set—What Role Will You Play? The curtain rises. The lights hit the stage. The music swells. Every great performance...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve heard the same thing: “Ballet is not political.” It’s a phrase meant to silence criticism. A way to...

A Pointed Ballet Academy Perspective on Transforming Sadness Into Strength I see a lot of adult ballet students who are sad. They arrive...

Anxiety thrives in chaos, but ballet thrives in control.  Where anxiety is restless, ballet is intentional.  Where anxiety feels...

Introduction Ballet has never bored me. No matter how many times I repeat a plié, a tendu, or a rond de jambe, there is always something...

What if you could get instant feedback from an app that tells you exactly why you fell out of a pirouette? Or teachers would know when a...

In this post we focus on placement and turnout while performing tendu.

When I first considered teaching ballet I knew that I wanted to train adult students at all levels, especially the newbies. Don’t get me...

What is placement ? Placement is very specific ballet training which focuses on the strength and functionality of turnout and overall...