Behind the Curtain : What Parents Don’t See in Our Latest Production

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It's 8pm in the evening and I am sitting in the office at Ulsoor, surrounded by raw materials for accessories and their components - over 2100 (yes, two thousand one hundred) of them that we have to make for the upcoming Madame Mystique Marvelous Machine production. I am cutting the comb that goes as part of the headpiece for the ...

Flexibility Meets Function: How Dancers Train Off Stage

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Content by Swetlana Goswami, and design by Maya Haridas for En Avant Summer 2025 When you watch a dancer performing on the stage, especially a ballet dancer, it often looks like an illusion of grace, power, and precision flowing effortlessly together. But what happens behind the scenes is months and years of rigorous training. Dancers nowadays understand that what they ...
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Adult Ballet – Is It Too Late To Start? Part 2

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What will I be able to achieve if I start ballet as an adult? Isn't it just for kids? Find out how ballet changed the lives of Sabitha Srinath and Arwa Hussain, both students with TLFCB who started their journey with ballet as adults. Arwa onstage in Cinderella, 2013 Arwa Hussain is a model, nutritionist and wellness coach. She began ...
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Starting Ballet as an Adult – Insight

Elina Wisungartist, Ballet, community, dancers, experience, insights Leave a Comment

In conversation with Ramya Manikam about starting ballet as an adult. Ramya takes ballet wherever she goes What made you start taking ballet lessons? My first introduction to ballet was as a child, going through my grandmother's books on health and medicine that featured several chapters on ballet. I was instinctively drawn towards what I read and saw and believed ...
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TLFCB Teachers on Teaching Online 

Elina WisungBallet, community, dancers, experience, insights, teacher Leave a Comment

Twelve months ago, when we entered the first lockdown in Bangalore, we as classical dance teachers could never have imagined teaching our art on an online platform. The idea would have seemed crazy and a lack of students in the studio would have cast  a shadow over our way of teaching. Now, a year on, we are still teaching online …

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Foot Alignment

Elina Wisungadvanced, Ballet, dancefit, dancers, easyexercises, Education, teacher Leave a Comment

The alignment of the feet is of great importance in ballet. Without the correct use of the feet and correct weight placement, the dancer will struggle to use the rest of the body to its full potential. Incorrect use of the feet can also lead to injuries not only in the feet, but in the knees, hips and back. Here …

Theatre, Dance and a Career in the Arts

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Rukmini Vasanth is an actress and a dancer who draws strength from her strong roots and looks to the future with passion, commitment and a sense of purpose. In her interview, Rukmini shares her thoughts on a career in the arts, and how dance has shaped her as a performer in theatre and cinema. Tell us a bit about your ...
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Easy Exercises for Strong Dancers 5.0 – Arabesque

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You may have spotted our previous blog on hip and back strengthening exercises for arabesque. Perhaps you wondered why we would leave out flexibility when discussing a position that clearly needs both the hips and the back to be flexible? Don’t worry - we’ve got you covered! Here is a set of exercises to help you improve your flexibility for ...