DANCE OF LIFE
When he heard the diagnosis, he did not wonder if he would be able to continue dancing, but rather when he would be able to do so again. With persistence and determination, he relearned how to work with his body…
Monika Węgrzyn
Ballet School Through the Eyes of a Parent
Sometimes it takes us many years to find our path in life and discover our destiny We search for our passions and our place in the world. However, sometimes a passion is so strongly and deeply rooted in us that…
Abigail Mattox – Estonian National Ballet
At Christmas time come and Give Thanks! In a world of complaining this command is both refreshing and challenging. In the Bible there is often a call to worship. Some have said that it is very egoistic of God to…
On Tiptoes – the Campaign is on!
21.06 – 18.07.2022 We want to help Zuzia fulfill her dream! Zuzia and her parents are facing the challenge of paying the high tuition fees for ballet school. The Dance to Be Foundation helps ballet dancers in their everyday lives.…
On tiptoes, to reach for dreams
We are helping Zuzia to fulfil her dream – to become a ballet dancer. A conversation with Zuzia, a student at the European School of Ballet in Amsterdam. What was your adventure with dance like from the very beginning? My…
Pause to Spread Your Wings
Interview with Natalia Pasiut, dancer with the Polish National Ballet Paradoxically, opening up to other arts, to the world around her, to other solutions has made her even more perfect at dancing. Ballet is a difficult profession that is very…
Beauty Under Pressure
Interview with Kristóf Szabó soloist of the Polish National Ballet When he heard the diagnosis, he did not wonder if he would be able to continue dancing, but rather when he would be able to do it again. With persistence…
Bianca Teixeira – San Francisco Ballet
Why did I choose ballet? It is more like dance has chosen me. It’s who I am and it is how I can express and share all of my emotions with people. It’s how I give people love best without…
Kira Marika Hilli – Dutch National Ballet
I‘ve been dancing since I was 3 years old. I was constantly dancing in my parent’s living room and I would make them look at me dancing all day long. My parents took me to the local school and I‘m…
Violetta Keller – Finnish National Opera and Ballet
Why did you choose ballet? Ballet is a form of expression of my personality. When I dance ballet I feel like myself and on top it’s my job that I love so it makes me happy to entertain my audience…