If you are a regular reader of Tights and Tiaras (and know that i love you!), you have probably noticed it is has been quiet around here for a while now. I know I’m letting you guys down, and I...
This week, I received the first Dance Gazette magazine of 2012 in the mail, and finally I had the same feeling as when I got their Black Swan issue last year: Yes! The exquisite cover is showing phot...
Just wanted to let you know I am featured in an interview over at Ballet Babble.com! Check it out!
Ok, I’m going to do another reader feature now straight away, although it’s been just a couple of weeks since the first one. You see, the timing for featuring Emilie Tendon (how cool a na...
So, Tights and Tiaras is two years old! Hurrah! Thinking of all the stuff thats happened here on the site since I started it, I realized an important fact in the “history” of Tights and T...
Remember the posts on “dating dancers” here on Tights and Tiaras? Well, it made quite the fuzz when I published it – it seems, dancers romantic lives are something you are all quite...
Dear readers, I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, regardless if you celebrate it or not – I wish you peace, love and happiness, the whole idea behind christmas for me (I’...
Jock Soto is a remarkable man, with a remarkable story. He was an acclaimed ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet, one of the worlds most famous companies. But as I turn the pages in his memoir...
Choreography is the art of making dances, be that classical variations, modern pieces or contemporary performances. That said, I believe choreography is more than just combining movements. To make a ...
Hi there, dear readers. Today I’d like to share a quite personal story with you. I was born with a severe hip displacement, a rotation in the femur-bone in both legs, causing my knees and ankle...
Hi Guys! The following post is written by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Company, featuring their own dancer Kirven James Boyd. Enjoy! Kirven James Boyd in "Sinner Man," also Aileys 2011-1...
Pátkai Balázs and Sebestyén Bálint in "Dans la port Amsterdam" from Ben Van Cauwenberghs piece "La Vie En Rose", to premiere with the Győri National Ballet this saturday. Photo by...
One of the points where ballet has taken a lot of criticism is on being too conservative. From some points of view, the critique is absolutely called for – ballet can renew itself on several fi...
Yay, competition! I’m running a little merchandize-competition/give away, and YOU can join!! All you have to do is to head over to Tights and Tiaras on Facebook (and Like it, if you haven’...
As you might remember, I wrote a post on how me joining twitter changed the whole way I hear about news and happenings in the world of dance. Twitter remains my number one source of information, and ...
Earlier this year I was contacted by the people of the renown Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), asked if I’d be interested in reviewing their newly “refurnished” magazine, the Dance Gaz...
Summer is about to end, and I sense a light in the end of the tunnel. The season is about to start. The everyday routine is coming back shortly, and I couldn’t be more happy about it. Not that ...
Hi there, dear readers. I know it’s been quiet a while and I know you are all eagerly awaiting new posts from TnT. Let me assure you, they are coming, I just need a little vacation, too, not to...
Oh, the summer holiday. It’s a bliss for the tired dancer, you sleep in, let the ballet shoes rest a while and work on your tan, right?! Summer sure is a great time. But just as morning always ...
Theaters around the world are working in seasons, often following what is known as the school year, with the ‘year’ typically starting in August, and ending at the end of June. As we have...
Some of the dancers in my new company, the Győr Ballet Company, are really good! I mean, they are all good dancers! By the way, I think the level here in Győr is more equal than in most of the compa...
As I keep telling you nowadays, I have just recently joined the Győr Ballet after a period of being unemployed. The reason I keep repeating myself is simply because I am so happy, just writing down t...
If you are following Tights and Tiaras on social media, you might already have heard that I quite recently joined the Győri Ballet company in Hungary, and are just getting started in the theatre that...
There are few things all my readers agree on. What pointe-shoe to wear, if male dancers should have a beard or not, who is the best dancer in the world – the discussion is going in the comments...
Cause: The Disappointed Dancer disease is caused by the dancer being unable to either: A: (perfectly) perform certain elements in the ballet-technique. The pirouette is specially frequent. B: Maintai...
Tights and Tiaras supports: ”Ingenium̶ 1; at the Actors Church, Covent Garden. From the 19th-21st May, The modern dance company ‘Antique Dances’ will present ‘Ingenium’ at the Ac...
Recently there has been lots of lists flying around the net with ’10 reasons to date a dancer’ and the like. But I didn’t like them. They are all about ‘dancers are really fle...
A black cat crosses your path, something bad is going to happen. A broken mirror is seven years of bad luck. And don’t even mention Friday 13th… Superstition is something everyone is familiar w...
The Tights and Tiaras Stickers - the first T&T Merchandize ever Yesterday I got my first shipment of the awesome Tights and Tiaras Stickers from the printer, and man, they are cool! Printed on to...
I think all that has some insight to it, or have tried to seek it out, agrees: Dancers world are a very closed one. That is actually one of the facts that inspired the whole Tights and Tiaras blog in...
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