Check out this fantastic interview featuring the talented dance photographer, Angela Sterling. Angela did the photos for both Class Act Tutu and Vala Dancewear. 
Oh and FYI…at roughly 3 minutes, 50 seconds into the clip, you’ll see the gorgeous Lesley Rausch (principal dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet) wearing Class Act Tutu’s V-Neck Bodice and Classical Tutu Skirt!
Thank you for all your beautiful work, Angela!
“A-list” ballerina, Paloma Herrera shares what it truly takes to be a top ballerina – sans Hollywood myth and drama!
“It’s not just a performance and that’s it, there’s a lot behind it, and you’ll see that if you come to rehearsal and see the dancers in performance clothes. Also, we are completely normal people – but there’s the combination of being completely normal people and all the dedication that goes into it, all of the effort, all of the hours, and all of the time – since we were very little,” she explains.
At Class Act Tutu we LOVE our Color Layered Romantic Tutu styles. We have so many colors of our exquisite tulle, that your options are nearly unlimited. Layering colors adds depth and shading that changes with movement and provides an absolutely stunning performance.
One way to easily visualize how your color choices come together is to order our ruffled swatch sets and to dress up your Barbie (or soda bottle or whatever!).
The price of our Tutu Bodice & Skirt Color cards and/or our Ruffled Swatch sets is deducted from your tutu order.
Photo credit: Jon Budeker / Orlando Sentinel
“One, two, three…UP!,” an announcer told the group. For next one minute, a silenced crowd watched as the group, made up of mostly girls and women, with a few guys sprinkled in, kept their legs moving to sustain balance.” – Orlando Sentinel Check out the video clip, folks! It’s awesome!
Photo credit: James Whitehill
We think this photo says it all, don’t you? Congratulations, you two crazy love birds!
A total of 1,359 ballet dancers invaded the State Library of Queensland to challenge the Guinness World Record for the largest ballet class! The previous record was set in Hannover, Germany by 1,055 dancers. The event was organized by Queensland Ballet Company and is awaiting official verification from the “powers that be”. But take a look at the photos – they are quite impressive!
Read all about this incredible feat here.
With all the hubbub surrounding Pacific Northwest Ballet’s upcoming production of Giselle, we found this next story extremely apropos! Check this out…
“It took more than a hundred years, but “America’s first ballerina” now has a gravestone. A ceremony was held today at Laurel Hill Cemetery, in the East Falls section of Philadelphia, honoring Mary Ann Lee. Her legacy dances on today, but not too many people know who Mary Ann Lee was, or the important role she had in the arts dating back to the 1840s. She was born and raised in Philadelphia, performed as a ballerina in Paris, and brought three ballets to America — the most famous being “Giselle.” Click here to read the remainder of the article. To learn more about Mary Ann Lee, click here. 
Roman Rykine and Larissa Ponomarenko in George Balanchine's "Diamonds" (Gene Schiavone/The George Balachine Trust)
Congratulations, Larissa! What an exciting honor! And YES we most certainly agree that the title of “Ballet Master” sounds deliciously powerful indeed! Read all about Ponomarenko’s new job title here.
Kelley Boyd / American Ballet Theatre
Paul Matthews - Photo courtesy: Kent Blechynden/Dominion Post
The TV show and movie are doing wonders for popularizing the lives of ballet dancers, says Paul Mathews, a 24-year-old professional dancer with the Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB), but he is skeptical about the way such programs tell the dance story. Read the story in its entirety here.
How do you feel about the way movies and TV depict the dance world? Leave a comment below with your thoughts!
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