I had a few other blog posts I planned to write before this one, like my amazing ballet adventures and how I managed to meet some of the dancers I most admired. But I recently made a pretty big decision about my own creative career that I felt was important…
The Ballet Misadventure
If you enjoy my writing, please consider donating to my fundraiser and help me achieve my dream of seeing one of my favorite dancers perform live: https://ko-fi.com/laurenjankowski/goal?g=4 I finally got a chance to go to Chicago and see "Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland" But it almost didn't happen because of a train…
The Best Ballet Character: Carabosse, the Wicked Fairy
If you're enjoying my writing, please consider donating to my fundraiser and help me reach my goal: https://ko-fi.com/laurenjankowski/goal?g=4 [embed]https://youtu.be/ZSDkn77_OOc?feature=shared[/embed] When you watch ballet, you are transported into another world. Usually a magical world filled with danger and adventure, sometimes with a little romance. Sometimes with a giant helping of melodrama. It's…
Farewell to a Spectacular Tybalt
If you enjoy my writing, please consider donating to my fundraiser: https://ko-fi.com/laurenjankowski/goal?g=4 Recently it was announced that this season is the last season Gary Avis will dance the role of Tybalt in "Romeo & Juliet" The Royal Ballet's "Romeo & Juliet" is a beautiful and moving production. Avis' Tybalt is one…
Ballroom Blitz: Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella
If you enjoy my writing, please consider donating to my fundraiser: https://ko-fi.com/laurenjankowski/goal?g=4 Today's blog might be even more distracted than usual. I happened to find the most perfect dress that I have been searching for for over a year (the dress that I wanted to wear to the ballet), but…
We All Have One: My Comfort Ballet
If you would like to help me achieve my dream and travel, please consider donating to my fundraiser: https://ko-fi.com/laurenjankowski/goal?g=4 I'm still getting used to this whole blogging thing, so please bear with me. I know I'm kind of all over the place. Blogging is really anxiety inducing for me and I'm…
Tatted Vampires and Gothic Nightmares: Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
If you enjoy my writing, please continue donating to my trip fund to help me: https://ko-fi.com/laurenjankowski/goal?g=4 Thank you :) When someone thinks of ballet, they generally don't think of a hapless man running around a kinky vampire party searching for his missing love, but that's exactly what you get in Matthew Bourne's…
Fangirl Moment: A Lady Hatter
If you enjoy my writing, please consider donating to my fundraiser and help me achieve my dreams: https://ko-fi.com/laurenjankowski/goal?g=4 I was originally going to write about Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty (we're going to start out easy with a very, very strange ballet re-imagining), but I just found out some very exciting news…
Where to Watch Ballet
I'm mostly going to be cross-posting from my Ko-Fi page. Posts will go up there first and be posted here later in the day. Donate to my trip fund here: https://ko-fi.com/laurenjankowski/goal?g=4 I'm going to try to regularly blog between now and September about ballet to hopefully share why I love…
New Project and Fundraiser
I have started and restarted this post a number of times. I think I have to accept that this is just going to be a somewhat awkward post. It's meant to be an introduction to a new project, but it's also kind of a brainstorm. The last time I did…