The day has arrived- big, important, nerve-wracking audition for the contemporary ballet company I’ve been stalking for the past few months. I’ll be pulling on whichever leotard is least unflattering and making my way over to stretch and register. The audition will consist of ballet class and then some choreography. I don’t have much more to [...]
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The time has come
Posted in backstage pass, life of a dancer, tagged alan lightman, einstein's dreams, Interlochen arts academy, what to wear in a contemporary ballet audition on May 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This Old House
Posted in LOL Ballerinaz, Serious Art and Other Doodles, tagged dancer slang, psalm 23:6, this old house on April 5, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Get some maids or some ghost busters on that one.
Don’t Mess with Jess- spammers in ballet
Posted in backstage pass, LOL Ballerinaz, tagged ballet spam, daniel eatock photography, distorted dancer images, imogen reed, puck shakespeare quotes on March 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
And if that ball lands in my court, I just feel compelled in my soles to play with it
Dunce cap vs. graduation cap- the choice
Posted in backstage pass, my fashionable costume shop, Serious Art and Other Doodles, St. Louis Stuff, tagged ballet hispanico, brian brooks moving company, charlie robin, edison ovations series, new york city living conditions, oriana lewton-leopold, the intergalactic nemesis on March 27, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Surprise surprise- I was the dunce-cap wearing daydreamer.
Anti-Cinderella
Posted in backstage pass, Serious Art and Other Doodles, the Written Word, tagged ciderella ballet, into the woods, modern day fairy tales, st. louis dance companies, stephen sondheim on March 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I am excited to give the show another chance to win my favor when Missouri Ballet Theatre offers up their version in June
Mock Review; The Sleeping Beauty
Posted in backstage pass, Mock Review, tagged Alexandra Ballet, ballet tutu, butler university, the sleeping beauty on March 21, 2012 | 3 Comments »
On February 25th and 26th, Alexandra Ballet produced ‘The Sleeping Beauty’, the classic tale of the birth of a Princess blessed by good-willed fairies and cursed by the evil Fairy angered by not being invited to the christening to prick her finger on her 16th birthday, a jab that would have resulted in her death were [...]
AngeLEGa: Better poses for the Red Carpet
Posted in Gallery- Jess' Dance Photography, my famous friends, tagged angelegging, angelina jolie leg, antonio douthit alvin ailey, star poses on the red carpet on March 1, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Angie’s got nothin on these sweet lady-stilts
Jess’ Caricatures-Too many Choreographers in the Company
Posted in LOL Ballerinaz, Serious Art and Other Doodles, the Written Word, tagged lol ballerinaz, the hunger games by suzanne collins, too many cooks print tea towel on February 10, 2012 | 2 Comments »
‘New Sketchbook. Blank Pages”. let’s have a peek shall we?
Rule of Thumb, and other phalanges
Posted in LOL Ballerinaz, tagged chanel nail polish, pet peeves, position of the hand for ballet on January 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »
These are my top five pet peeve hand positions for sloppy dancers
Trash the Dress; Save the Press
Posted in backstage pass, my fashionable costume shop, St. Louis Stuff, tagged grumpy bride charitable weddings, pound cake, st. louis, st. louis charities, the gifted wedding, trash the dress, wedding dresses, wedding photography, wish upon a wedding, word count, worthy causes on January 8, 2012 | 2 Comments »
‘A spoonful of sugar makes the grumpy hag of a writer shrivel up and bake a puff piece…with substance. Like a pound cake”.
