Fort Pierce teenager Rylee Green and five-year-old Layla McCarthy are redefining what it means to be a ballerina. Not only can 14-year-old Rylee perform a perfect pirouette, but she can also land a front tuck. Layla is partially paralyzed from the waist down and spends the majority of her time in a wheelchair, but she […]
Month: June 2018
Vero Classical Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty wakes up for just one night
For 10+ years, you could set your calendars with Vero Classical Ballet’s Nutcracker. You know November is when the sugar plums, snowflakes and mice take the stage at the Performing Arts Center at Vero Beach High School. When summer rolls around the Treasure Coast, however, these same dance students pull their tutus out of the […]
NINJA BALLET Returns – A fusion of martial arts with classical ballet
Award-winning ballerina, choreographer and artistic director Shoko Tamai returns with her company of five dancers and martial artists for the 2018 season of NINJA BALLET at The Secret Theater, 4402 23rd Street, Long Island City, NY. The company will present five performances, from Thursday June 28 to Sunday July 1. The company’s new work, “MA”, […]