Watch how these Royal Ballet dancers keep moving under lockdown

When it comes to ballet, male dancers bring their unique strength and grace to the art form. To excel in this demanding discipline, it's crucial for male dancers to pay special attention to certain technical aspects, one of which is mastering the Passé. While the Passé is essential for both male and female dancers, male dancers often encounter specific challenges due to their anatomical differences. In this guide, we'll explore the importance of solid Passés for male dancers and provide addition

Russian ballet dancers perform in self-isolation

Introduction to dance etudes is the part of the pre-ballet program that everybody loves! It’s another part of the four-component system that introduces the youngest students to the elements of historical dance, character dance and certainly classical dance. A few years down the line, these elements will get way more complicated and stunningly beautiful, but here we start very simple. Master teacher Ekaterina Trunina @katheryn_ballet teaches waltz in her pre-ballet classes and here is an extract