Ballet AZ Blog

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Get To Know Me

Featuring Ballet Arizona’s Dancer Serafin Castro Serafin Castro joined Ballet Arizona in 2018. To learn more about him, click here…

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Tips For Beginning Ballet

Helpful To Know Before You Go Stretching- Before most activities and sports, people stretch, same with ballet. It may not…

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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]…

Ballet Arizona dancer in the wings for Ib Andersen's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Photo by Rosalie O'Connor.

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.…

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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…

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“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…

Obscene, Crude, & Hilarious- Cinderella’s Stepsisters

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…

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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…

Magical Moments: A Letter from Executive Director, Jami Kozemczak

Magical Moments: A Letter from Executive Director, Jami Kozemczak

Magical Moments Magical Moments A Letter from Executive Director, Jami Kozemczak There is not a single day that passes without…

Make it a holiday to remember! See Ballet Arizona's The Nutcracker December 6th - 24th — LEARN MORE
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