Taking time to look back

by David Wilson November 21, 2011

Today I couldn’t remember which way round bravo, bravi and brava went in terms of saying it for guys, girls or groups (I’m currently doing #NaNoWriMo [National Novel Writing Month] in my spare time and my main character went to see a ballet…). I typed it into google and was searching results when I suddenly [...]

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Ballet DIY: Sewing your shoes

by David Wilson November 17, 2011

I’ve had a couple of emails recently asking the same question: how do you sew the elastics on your ballet shoes? Well here’s my step-by-step guide… As with my Ballet DIY post on making shorts from tights  my disclaimer is that I’m absolutely useless at sewing! This is how I sew my ballet shoes but there’s [...]

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Guest Post – Studio to Stage: The Life of a Dancer by Edward Urwin

by David Wilson November 7, 2011

Hi everyone! This is an awesome guest post by my one of my old teachers from Princeton Ballet School, Ed Urwin. It’s a real honour to have someone that inspires me so much writing here. I hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I did and please feel free to ask Ed any [...]

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What’s your inspiration?

by David Wilson October 27, 2011

It seems that recently I’ve been talking quite a bit about inspiration. First off I’ve had a couple of emails. The first was from a guy in his early twenties who decided to take ballet classes after reading my blog (and the awesome BalletForMen) and, according to him, it’s “changed his life”. Well, ballet certainly [...]

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Rediscovering Pirouettes

by David Wilson October 18, 2011

As I’ve mentioned before I recently started at a new dance school and have been getting back up to speed after a summer with hardly any classes… A ‘humbling’ experience, when your classmates are 10 years younger than you and include a former West End Billy Elliot! We’ve been working on the old RAD syllabus [...]

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Sparkling Treacle: Two Sides of The Royal Ballet

by David Wilson September 28, 2011

I’m slightly to ashamed to say that Saturday was my first trip to see the Royal Ballet. Now I’m back in the UK, you can be assured it won’t be my last. Not by a long shot. So what did I chose for my inaugural viewing of one of the world’s greatest dance companies? Well [...]

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Second First Day of Class!

by David Wilson September 20, 2011

What a difference a year makes. Or then again, maybe not… Pretty much exactly this time last year I was getting ready for my first ever Ballet class at Princeton with Douglas Martin, former principal with the Joffrey Ballet and an amazing teacher. I was rather nervous but also really excited and it went great – class [...]

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DTB’s Guide To Seeing A Ballet

by David Wilson September 19, 2011

When I went to watch my first ‘proper’ Ballet last year I’m not ashamed to admit I was kind of scared. Don’t get me wrong, I was also really excited, but there was also something slightly intimidating about the whole experience. Now one year (and many Ballets!) down the line I feel a lot more comfortable going [...]

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Ballet DIY: Make your own shorts!

by David Wilson September 13, 2011

I’ve had a pair of tights on my Ballet shelf for ages that I’ve only worn a couple of times and don’t particularly like. I think they are Sanchas (the label has been cut off) and they’re a bit thicker than I like (I normally use Capezios). So I had a brainwave – let’s make [...]

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A Weekend in the City, Part Three: English National Ballet

by David Wilson August 18, 2011

So Sunday was ENB day. And it started with possibly the best morning ever. I had been looking on the ENB website at their adult open classes before heading down and noticed they were doing an Adult Beginners workshop to do with their Roland Petit programme. Unfortunately the workshop was sold out! After a self-pitying [...]

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