WEEK #4: Wednesday It’s Wednesday again!  And it’s the last day of August!  Try not to panic.  It’s still technically summer until September 23.  In today’s Coffee Break With the Ballet feature, “Then & Now,” we’re all about partnering and lift. Then & Now These days dancers lift each other – though we still love… Read More

WEEK #4: Tuesday Coffee Breaks With the Ballet – where learning is fun!  Time for another installment of “Let’s Get Technical,” with ballet-geek historical facts and another Google Challenge. Let’s Get Technical Back in the day, dancers were lifted by stage machinery to create the appearance of floating, weightlessness and flying through the air.  In… Read More

WEEK #4: Monday It’s Monday again!  And it’s almost September!  But don’t worry, it’s not technically autumn until the 23rd, and we’ve got another episode of our Coffee Break With the Ballet web series to help you give your brain a daily five-minute summer vacation. EPISODE Four: “L Is For Lift” Disaster!  The printer is… Read More

WEEK #3: Friday It’s 3:00 on the last Friday of August, when the minds of office workers everywhere turn to thoughts of barbecues, farmers’ markets, naps in the sunshine, and their warm-weather libations of choice (beer, margaritas, iced tea, strawberry lemonade . . .)  To get you through the last few hours until you can… Read More