Palmdale Junior Ballet and Theatre Dance

Today’s spotlight for National Hispanic Heritage month is on Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta. Acosta began his dance training at the National School of Ballet in Cub...a and went on to become the English National Ballet’s youngest principal, at the age of 18. Throughout his career, Acosta danced for several companies which includes the National Ballet of Cuba and Houston Ballet. After seventeen years with the Royal Ballet, Acosta retired in 2015. That same year, he returned to Cuba to form Acosta Danza in order to showcase the country’s performers and culture through dance. In early 2020, Carlos Acosta was appointed director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Photo Credit: Johan Persson #HispanicHeritageMonth

When Principal Tyrone Singleton was guest editor of our social media in early June, he introduced us to a short film he had made about rehearsing Swan Lake. It ...proved extremely popular, so we thought we'd share it with you again. Enjoy! To support our work on and off stage, visit https://bit.ly/BRB-Support-Us

Erin Sloan Hvegholm

A fascinating must-read on the history of pointe shoes, starting almost 300 years ago with Marie Camargo's ballet slippers of the 1730s to the recent advancements of today. Enjoy! https://bit.ly/PointeShoesbyPointe Lindsi Dec, backstage prepping her pointe shoes.

DTH mourns the passing of Allen Sampson, former Company Artist and friend (January 1, 1956-August 6, 2020). We extend our deepest condolences to the Sampson family. From l to r, Stanley Perryman, Susan Lovelle and Allen Sampson in Arthur Mitchell's Holberg Suite. Photo by Martha Swope