Category Archives: Ballerina Class, and other pointy stuff

Please advise this pointe-y beginner

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

Hey Gentle Reader, help me out here: You know my time on pointe was cut stupid short by a non-pointe-related ballet-class injury, and then the class disbanded while I was recovering. Not Cool, Ballet Classmates Who Let The Class Fall … Continue reading →

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Like Gaynor Mindens on Speed

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Ok so this popped up on the twitter the other day: And I was like omg WANT! WANT! I mean just Yum, look at them, they have that certain quality of BAD ASS that pale pink satin pointes lack. And … Continue reading →

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Don’t think, just do math

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

We’re doing this pas couru exercise the other day- Which always makes me think of Rod Carew, even though I’m not a baseball fan. I mean, I like eating peanuts and watching when the bats come out at twilight to … Continue reading →

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Fear. The other eff word.

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Was just thinking about pointe class, and how maybe it’s ok that it’s, like, temporarily defunct. Because this way The Ankle will be fully, 100%, no questions healed by the time pointe starts up again, And pointe will start up … Continue reading →

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Hate being right

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Oh Lordy you guys. Ok, so it’s after class, I’m putting my sneakers on, and Best Girl sez, “hey, how’s the ankle?” and I’m like, “it’s good! Not feeling it in class anymore, not even in the escappés, seems like … Continue reading →

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Go see ABT’s The Bright Stream

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

Here’s all I knew about The Bright Stream going in: (mostly from Homan’s Apollo’s Angels, btw. That book is rad, btw.) Music by Shostakovitch, choreography by Lupukhov, The Bright Stream was well received when it opened in 1935 in Leningrad. … Continue reading →

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Just another pointe shoe photo

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

Just ’cause.

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Adult Beginner doodles in a museum

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Went to the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Fashion and Textile History Gallery. I hate this place. It’s my own special torture chamber: all these exquisite vintage and contemporary garments right frikin there in front of me, and … Continue reading →

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Books. Aw yeah.

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Here’s what I got at The Strand: The Pointe Book second edition, shoes, training, and technique by Janice Barringer and Sarah Schlesinger Rori of roriroars recommended it when I was pointe shoe shopping, and four eyed ballerina did a write … Continue reading →

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Sneakers tied ballerina style

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Been seeing a lot of this in NYC- Or maybe it’s always been a thing here and I’m only just now noticing: people tie their high-top sneakers by wrapping them around the ankle. Like a pointe shoe. But, you know, … Continue reading →

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