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How To Stay Body Positive In The Ballet Studio

What images come to your mind when you think of your body? As a dancer, thinking about how your body looks may have become second nature. The way you... Read More
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Will I Ever Be Good Enough? 5 Ways to Tell You’re Improving

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed, like you’re running on a treadmill but not getting anywhere? The challenges you face in the performance world may seem... Read More
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Even Principals Need Help Believing In Themselves

As we gear up for the Believe In Yourself online course that’s coming up quickly – next week (!) I’ve enjoyed chatting with Stephan… Read More

Coping with Criticism Hangout

“You’ll never be a dancer” “You’re not even trying” “Your body’s not right for ballet” Almost all dancers have experienced some form of criticism,… Read More

How to perform well under pressure

Believe in Yourself. It might sound a bit airy-fairy, the kind of thing you’d expect to hear sung about in some tacky pop song. You… Read More

What the ballet world really needs [on World Ballet Day]

Today is the first ever World Ballet Day!

Today, five of the worlds top ballet companies are taking the world behind-the-scenes for a live-streamed window into their studios and the work of their brilliant dancers and staff.

I’m looking forward to the glimpses I’ll get of that rare blend of focus, fun and fragility in these beautiful people, the similarities and differences in the ballet world the world over and the stirring of the memories and stories and experiences I hold in my own heart being part of this world of ballet.

In my work now as a counsellor and performance psychology teacher, I get to see another very personal side of the behind-the-scenes dancer. I have the very humbling privilege of walking with dancers in their real-life-streaming realities – sometimes tears stream, sometimes it’s untapped thoughts and feelings, at other times life begins to stream again after burnout, injury and loss.

In holding the hopes and hearts of these precious dancers closely, here are my three biggest dreams for the Ballet World today…

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