A Dancer Tells You All About Pointe Shoes
Featuring Ballet Arizona’s Dancer Eastlyn Jensen [Q] How many pointe shoes do you think you go through per season? [EJ] I go through roughly 75 pairs of pointe shoes for […]
Ballet Slippers vs Pointe Shoes
Learn The Anatomy and Purpose Behind Ballet Footwear Ballet slippers or pointe shoes are crucial to a ballet dancer’s wardrobe. All ballet dancers start their training wearing ballet slippers to […]
10 Things You Should Know About Cinderella
Featuring Principle Dancers: Jillian Barrell and Helio Lima Looking for fun things to do with the family from Oct. 20-23 in Phoenix? Enjoy the magic of Ballet Arizona’s production of […]
“Cinderella” – A Fairy-Tale With Familiarity
The Ballet vs Walt Disney While many of us are familiar with Cinderella from Walt Disney, this ballet is more complex & adds even more dimension to it. Here are […]
Obscene, Crude, & Hilarious- Cinderella’s Stepsisters
Preformed by Male Ballet Dancers A casting choice that may come to a shock in such a traditional world, since the 1948 ballet version of Cinderella men have danced as the […]
The History Behind Sergei Prokofiev’s “Cinderella”
A LOVE STORY TO INSPIRE A CLASSIC FAIRYTALE SCORE Sergei Prokofiev’s beloved work in Cinderella, happened during a time of historic events & personal obstructions. Before Cinderella, Prokofiev had a […]
Opening Night: An Interview with Ib Andersen
I got a question where I was asked, “What is the theme of this season”? That is a really hard question, because we don’t have themes. Well, the theme would […]
Setting the Scene: An interview with Jason Fowler
15 September, 2022 SETTING THE SCENE: AN INTERVIEW WITH JASON FOWLER Ballet Arizona’s Q&A from Studio Spotlight Featuring Contemporary Moves At our Studio Spotlight, we had the pleasure of speaking with […]
