Category: dance

Michaela DePrince – ballet dancer

Michaela DePrince is a Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer.

With her adoptive mother, Elaine DePrince, Michaela authored the book Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina.

Simone’s Mic Drop

A mic drop is the gesture of intentionally dropping one’s microphone at the end of a performance or speech to signal triumph. Don’t do that … unless you are the G.O.A.T.

And you add it to your choreography at the end of the 4th apparatus. 5th AA title.

Then it’s very cool. 😊

Mykayla Skinner suggested it to her, getting the idea from a fan.

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Ballet shoes for non-white dancers

Pointe shoes in brown and bronze shades are being made in the UK for the first time.

Ballet Black, whose dancers are all of black and Asian descent have worked alongside shoe manufacturer Freed to create the new shoes. …

BBC

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1st World Urban Games – Budapest

An event so new it doesn’t yet have a dedicated Wikipedia page.

The inaugural edition of the World Urban Games is taking place in Budapest from 13-15 September 2019.

Six competition sports are featured, including non-traditional and emerging Olympic events such as 3×3 basketball and BMX freestyle park, (both already set for the program at Tokyo 2020 and breaking (provisionally included for Paris 2024).

dancer / acrobat Miriam LaVelle

Aerial walkover series in high heels!

The film is Seven Days Ashore (1944).

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Jumptwist TV on YouTube

Coach / choreographer Ashley Sportun recommends this channel. I’m now subscribed.

Christina Gambino, Shannon Bates, Allie Ardila and friends.

Floor Music, Choreography, Gymnast Interviews, and much more.

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Baryshnikov on imperfection

Mikhail Baryshnikov is often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky, Rudolf Nureyev and Vladimir Vasiliev as one of the greatest male ballet dancers in history. …

He’s only 5 ft 5in (165 cm) tall, short for a ballet dancer.

Since his defection from the Soviet Union in 1974, Baryshnikov has never returned to Russia.

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