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Rachel Hellwig

About Rachel Hellwig

Rachel Hellwig is a dance writer/editor/blogger from Birmingham, Alabama. She enjoys taking ballet classes, reading about dance, and attending live performances of ballet and classical music. She blogs at: http://clarascoffeebreak.wordpress.com. You can also follow her on Twitter: @ivyalso and Instagram: @rachelhellwig

7 Sweet New Versions of The Nutcracker Ballet

December 16, 2016 by Rachel Hellwig Leave a Comment

Out with the old, in with the new… a wave of new Nutcracker ballets hit holiday stages this season.

Filed Under: Beyond the Bubble, Blog, Dance Companies, News and Events Tagged With: alabama ballet, Ballet Hawaii, Charlotte Ballet, Festival Ballet Providence, houston ballet, Instagram, Joffrey Ballet, Nutcracker, nutcracker ballet, pacific northwest ballet, Staatsballet Berlin, versions of the nutcracker, Will Tuckett’s Nutcracker

Things You Miss After Summer Intensives Are Over…

August 20, 2016 by Rachel Hellwig Leave a Comment

Got summer intensive withdrawal? Of course you do! How could you not miss these things…

Filed Under: Blog, Summer Study/Workshops, Training Tagged With: a dancer's life, ballet, ballet problems, dance, dance problems, dancer problems, humor, summer dance, summer intensive

Strange Sounds Dancers’ Bodies Make

August 2, 2016 by Rachel Hellwig 1 Comment

Click, crack, pop! This post is a laugh but has many helpful links about body health and wellness for dancers.

Filed Under: Blog, Dancethropology, Dancing, Fun & Games Tagged With: a dancer's life, dancer problems, dancer's body, hip, humor, joints, knees, strange sounds

Sugar Plum Fairy Exposé: Dissolving The Sugar Coating

December 21, 2015 by Rachel Hellwig

The Nutcracker’s Sugar Plum Fairy wasn’t in the original story so where does she come from? Does the Sugar Plum pas de deux contain a hidden homage to Tchaikovsky’s sister? What was the original name of Plum’s prince? Why did the first Sugar Plum Fairy add an extra solo for herself? We have the answers!

Filed Under: Beyond the Bubble, Blog, History of Dance Tagged With: ballet history, ballet stories, dance history, sugar plum fairy, tchaikovsky, tchaikovsky's nutcracker, The Nutcracker

10 Signs You’re a Stagestruck Dancer

July 20, 2015 by Rachel Hellwig

Suspect you’ve fallen in love with performing? Here are the signs you have. Never fear, the next show is right around the corner.

Filed Under: Blog, Fun & Games, Performing Tagged With: annual performance, backstage, ballet performance, dance lifestyle, dancer's life, nutcracker ballet, performing ballet, photo list, stagestruck

Leaps in the Dark: Agnes de Mille and the Road to Oklahoma

April 27, 2015 by Rachel Hellwig

Dancers in the musical Oklahoma!

Oklahoma! changed the role dance played in Broadway musicals. Choreographer, Agnes de Mille’s road to Oklahoma! was many unconventional years in the making. Afterward, she felt conflicted about her success but with advice from Martha Graham, de Mille took leap after leap in the dark.

Filed Under: Beyond the Bubble, Blog, History of Dance Tagged With: Agnes De Mille, artist profiles, broadway, choreographer profile, dance history, dance on broadway, Martha Graham, musical theater, Oklahoma, Rodeo Ballet, Rogers & Hammerstein

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