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Three excuses to why class was bad, and the harsh truth on why they don’t matter
Every once in a while, we all have shitty days. We do! Even me (especially me, but thats another story). That is a normal part of being alive! The good days wouldn’t be as good if it weren’t for the...
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Grand Pas de Deux by Spuck
I fell over a clip from Christian Spuck’s Grand pas de Deux today, which I felt I wanted to share with you guys! This is ballet the Tights and Tiaras way! Only when you have dancers that good is it ok...
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The how-to-date-a-dancer post?!
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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Theatrical Superstitions
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 with....
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5 real reasons to date a dancer
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 flexible’ and ‘dancers are...
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SYTYCD – Disappointed Dancer disease (DDd)
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: Maintain...
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What you can learn from watching your colleagues
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...
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Why being unemployed is worse for a dancer than it is for you
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...
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The irony of the rehearsal
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...
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Tights and Tiaras, the season finale
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 reached the...
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How to keep in shape during summer
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 comes...
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All play and no work…
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 I don’t...
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A performance is born
Pátkai Balázs and Sebestyén Bálint in "Dans la port Amsterdam" from Ben Van Cauwenbergh's piece "La Vie En Rose", to premiere with the Győri National Ballet this saturday. Photo by Jekli Zoltán © This...
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2012 so far sucks! Big time!
I was sitting in my couch today, as I have done a lot recently, reading the always entertaining Dave Tries Ballet’s latest blogpost about his achievements in the first week of 2012. Since Dave is all...
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Dating a dancer, a chat with Rebecca from Miami City Ballet, author of TUAPT.
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 interested in,...
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