In this episode of Pas de Chat: Talking Dance, Barry Kerollis discusses the track of most incumbent directors into ballet companies in the U.S. and their lack of formal education on the administrative side of the Artistic Director spectrum. Included in this discussion are details on the recent expose in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Artistic Director Angel Corella, comparison of leaders in the ballet world to those in the business world, and conversation on education versus starpower.
Pas de Chát's host Barry Kerollis is an award-winning choreographer, instructor, and dancer with over 13 years experience in the dance world. His career includes directing Alaska Dance Theatre, dancing for Pacific Northwest Ballet, and traveling the country as a nationally-touring freelance artist. He also runs the popular blog, Life of a Freelance Dancer.
Pas de Chát's host Barry Kerollis is an award-winning choreographer, instructor, and dancer with over 13 years experience in the dance world. His career includes directing Alaska Dance Theatre, dancing for Pacific Northwest Ballet, and traveling the country as a nationally-touring freelance artist. He also runs the popular blog, Life of a Freelance Dancer.
In this episode of Pas de Chat, Barry Kerollis talks about his experience getting fired from a small contemporary ballet company in Philadelphia. After dancing with Pacific Northwest Ballet for 7 years, he took a risk to expand his scope within the dance world and joined Ballet X. After suffering an injury and other setbacks, he was let go from his position with this company. Listen in as your host discusses this experience and chats about coming to terms with being fired from his job.
Pas de Chát's host Barry Kerollis is an award-winning choreographer, instructor, and dancer with over 13 years experience in the dance world. His career includes directing Alaska Dance Theatre, dancing for Pacific Northwest Ballet, and traveling the country as a nationally-touring freelance artist. He also runs the popular blog, Life of a Freelance Dancer.
In this episode of Pas de Chat, we discuss the importance of developing and integrating emotional training into the world of dance. While much of a dancer's training focuses on building physicality, most programs leave out cultivating these young professional's psyche. Whether this entails growing their understanding of processes within the workplace or sharing the reasoning for putting these teenagers/young adults in challenging emotional situations, there isn't much discussion about the construction of dancer's emotional fortitude. Listen in as your host, Barry Kerollis, explores this topic.
Pas de Chát's host Barry Kerollis is an award-winning choreographer, instructor, and dancer with over 13 years experience in the dance world. His career includes directing Alaska Dance Theatre, dancing for Pacific Northwest Ballet, and traveling the country as a nationally-touring freelance artist. He also runs the popular blog, Life of a Freelance Dancer.
Many potential dance-lovers find themselves nervous to purchase tickets to local dance productions, touring musicals, and more. In this episode, your host discusses the best ways to go about choosing which performances may be a best fit for you. While every show may not be up your alley, Barry shares tools and techniques to determine which productions you are most likely to enjoy, how to afford tickets, and how to perform effortless research on your local dance scene.
Pas de Chát's host Barry Kerollis is an award-winning choreographer, instructor, and dancer with over 13 years experience in the dance world. His career includes directing Alaska Dance Theatre, dancing for Pacific Northwest Ballet, and traveling the country as a nationally-touring freelance artist. He also runs the popular blog, Life of a Freelance Dancer.
Many of us feel worthwhile and confident because of our own perceived value. In this episode of Pas de Chat: Talking Dance, your host explores whether professional value is determined by our own feelings of worth or the influence of outside factors like rank, company, salary, etc. Listen in as Barry Kerollis chats about looking inward at your own value and how others perception of your worth can change dependent upon multiple factors.
Pas de Chát's host Barry Kerollis is an award-winning choreographer, instructor, and dancer with over 13 years experience in the dance world. His career includes directing Alaska Dance Theatre, dancing for Pacific Northwest Ballet, and traveling the country as a nationally-touring freelance artist. He also runs the popular blog, Life of a Freelance Dancer.
Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall in a dance studio at one of the most prestigious ballet companies in the world? Or wondered what was going through Giselle's mind as she lifted her leg to her ear? There is a lot more to the politics of dance than lithe women wearing pointe shoes being hoisted into the air by men in tights. Listen in for a weekly conversation on all aspects of the professional dance world as Barry Kerollis, freelance choreographer and popular blogger, candidly shares his experiences and thoughts on the workings of the dance world as he travels the globe creating ballets, teaching future generations of dancers, and performing for audiences.On today's first episode we meet Barry Kerollis.