Quote of the Week

This week's quote will be on Monday instead of Sunday. Next week it will be on Sunday again.

"Ballet discipline:

only the true believer would suffer the rigors it demanded."

~ Author Unknown

Ballet Wishlist

Aren't these so beautiful?

http://www.sansha.com/ShowModel.php?id=1272

This leotard is very pretty! It is another Mirella one.

http://www.backbaydancewear.com/catalog_i13144908.html?catId=335220

I want this so so so so SO much! Unfortunately it is currently unavailable.Isn't is just the coolest thing ever?!?!





http://stretchology.com/Stretchology/Stretch_Gym.html

June's Ballerina: Maria Kochetkova

Fact #1- Maria is a Principal Dancer with the San Francisco Ballet.
Fact #2- She performs as a guest artist at the Bolshoi Ballet and Stanislavsky Theaters in Moscow, the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg, and the Tokyo Ballet in Japan.

Here she is as Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty





Maria as Alice at English National Ballet



Jorma Elo and Maria Kochetkova


Maria Kochetkova and Gennadi Nedvigin in Tomasson's TRIO

p.s. Sorry that this post is late.

Grand Battement

I love grand battements! They're fun to do, pretty to look at, and all ballerinas should be able to do them. Here are some cool pictures of grand battements!

Quote of the Week

"If it were not for dreams

There would not be such a thing as ballet,

the cruelest of the performing arts."

~ Author Unknown

June's Ballerina: Maria Kochetkova

I'm super excited about June's Ballerina, Maria Kochetkova!

Fact #1- Maria was born in 1984.
Fact #2- She studied ballet at the Bolshoi Ballet School for eight years.



Maria Kochetkova with Nicolas Blanc in Balanchine's Jewels.





Maria Kochetkova and Isaac Hernandez in Ratmansky's Russian Seasons.


Maria in Elo's Double Evil

Ballet Wishlist

I think this is a really pretty leotard. I probably wouldn't get it, though, because I have one that is quite similar to this one.

http://www.discountdance.com/dancewear/style_9897.html?pid=18303&Shop=Style&&skey=new:&search=true&SID=346649465

I already have a great rehearsal tutu in white, so now I want one in black!

http://www.discountdance.com/dancewear/style_D005.html?pid=4869&Shop=Style&SID=346652160

This book looks so awesome! It looks like a great reference book!

http://gaynorminden.com/elizabook.php