Ballet teacher

The French definition might translate to "shouldering," but épaulement is actually much more than that. "It's not just a superficial turn of the shoulders—it creates energy from the inside out," says Marisa Albee, faculty member at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. It's also what can elevate technically proficient dancing to something nuanced, dynamic and truly exciting. "Think of épaulement as the punctuation at the end of a sentence," says Brooke Moore, a faculty member for BalletMet's…

Anyone who grew up dancing competitively knows that dance teachers carry more than one title. In addition to dance instructor, choreographer, and in my own dance teacher's case, Checchetti Queen, some other jobs include second mom, drama mediator, dance mom wrangler, business owner, and more. All of...

After dancing as a soloist with ABT, guesting around the world, spending almost three decades teaching pre-professionals, and working as company and school teacher for the Orlando Ballet for over a decade, Chen began her dual full-time role at JKO last September.

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Daily rehearsal of young diligent ballerinas at gymnastic school with expirienced teacher.

Ludmila Kovaleva and student (Vaganova Academy)

The French definition might translate to "shouldering," but épaulement is actually much more than that. "It's not just a superficial turn of the shoulders—it creates energy from the inside out," says Marisa Albee, faculty member at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. It's also what can elevate technically proficient dancing to something nuanced, dynamic and truly exciting. "Think of épaulement as the punctuation at the end of a sentence," says Brooke Moore, a faculty member for BalletMet's…

Daily rehearsal of young diligent ballerinas at gymnastic school with expirienced teacher.

The French definition might translate to "shouldering," but épaulement is actually much more than that. "It's not just a superficial turn of the shoulders—it creates energy from the inside out," says Marisa Albee, faculty member at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. It's also what can elevate technically proficient dancing to something nuanced, dynamic and truly exciting. "Think of épaulement as the punctuation at the end of a sentence," says Brooke Moore, a faculty member for BalletMet's…

Inessa Plekhanova, former Artistic Director of Colorado Ballet Academy and present Associate Professor/Director of Ballet Programs at Radford University, conducting a master class for Kirov Academy of Ballet students (Director's Choice Series; May, 2013). Photo by Paolo Galli

The school was founded by teachers and former dancers of Leningrad’s Kirov ballet and is considered to be one of the four leading state ballet schools in Russia