T & T reader: Mary Hu

by Henrik on January 18, 2012

So, Tights and Tiaras is two years old! Hurrah! Thinking of all the stuff thats happened here on the site since I started it, I realized an important fact in the “history” of Tights and Tiaras: Everything is driven by you, dear readers. You give me ideas, you put me on the spot, make me [...]

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Dating a dancer, a chat with Rebecca from Miami City Ballet, author of TUAPT.

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by Henrik on January 14, 2012

Remember the posts on “dating dancers” here on Tights and Tiaras? Well, it made quite the fuzz when I published it – it seems, dancers romantic lives are something you are all quite interested in, aren’t you?! You gossipy little bunch But it’s true, dancers romantic lives are somewhat different from “civil people’s,” as I [...]

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2012 so far sucks! Big time!

by Henrik January 9, 2012

I was sitting in my couch today, as I have done a lot recently, reading the always entertaining Dave Tries Ballet’s latest blogpost about his achievements in the first week of 2012. Since Dave is all “yay, pirouettes and performances and stuff”, I figured I’d level things out a bit with a similar post of [...]

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Merry Christmas

by Henrik December 24, 2011

Dear readers, I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, regardless if you celebrate it or not – I wish you peace, love and happiness, the whole idea behind christmas for me (I’m not a religious person). Enjoy the people around you, take care of each other and be healthy. Peace! H

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Jock Soto’s “Every step you take” Review

by Henrik December 5, 2011

Jock Soto is a remarkable man, with a remarkable story. He was an acclaimed ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet, one of the worlds most famous companies. But as I turn the pages in his memoir Every step you take (written with Leslie Marshall), it is not the dancer Jock Soto he presents [...]

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Lets talk about choreography

by Henrik November 21, 2011
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Choreography is the art of making dances, be that classical variations, modern pieces or contemporary performances. That said, I believe choreography is more than just combining movements. To make a truly great choreography, theres got to be something more behind it than just fancy moves – there’s got to be substance. Not necessarily a story, [...]

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The importance of not assuming

by Henrik October 21, 2011
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Hi there, dear readers. Today I’d like to share a quite personal story with you. I was born with a severe hip displacement, a rotation in the femur-bone in both legs, causing my knees and ankles to face severely inwards towards each other. As I grew older, the angle of my feet and legs were [...]

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Guest post: featuring Ailey-dancer Kirven James Boyd

by Henrik October 13, 2011
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Hi Guys! The following post is written by the Alvin Ailey  American Dance Company, featuring their own dancer Kirven James Boyd. Enjoy! The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ..was founded by Alvin Ailey himself who received his training from Lester Horton and pursued dance with the Ballet of Monte Carlo and the Katherine Dunham dance [...]

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A performance is born

by Henrik October 7, 2011
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This saturday, the Győri Ballet company is presenting the performance “La Vie En Rose”, choreographed by Ben van Cauwenbergh, for the first time. Which means the dancers are working day and night this week, grinding the last steps down to a best possible result – the performance. But what is else happens in the theatre [...]

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Old School

by Henrik September 19, 2011
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One of the points where ballet has taken a lot of criticism is on being too conservative. From some points of view, the critique is absolutely called for – ballet can renew itself on several fields to become more modern, up-to-date, relevant and interesting (for example how I commented on ballet companies complete lack of [...]

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Social Media – business or pleasure?

by Henrik August 23, 2011
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As you might remember, I wrote a post on how me joining twitter changed the whole way I hear about news and happenings in the world of dance. Twitter remains my number one source of information, and a great resource both as an audience member, a dancer, and an author. Lately however, I have become [...]

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Dance Gazette, issue 1 + 2

by Henrik August 19, 2011

Earlier this year I was contacted by the people of the renown Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), asked if I’d be interested in reviewing their newly “refurnished” magazine, the Dance Gazette. Celebrating their 90th anniversary in 2010, the British Royal Academy of Dance is one of the world’s most influential dance education and training organizations. [...]

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