The Southland Ballet Academy is the training ground for the best dancers in Orange County. The Academy is dedicated to excellence in dance training. Since 1983, when the Fountain Valley campus opened, many students have gone on to dance with prestigious ballet companies around the world including Laurel Benson, Corp Artist with Ballet West in Utah, Agnes [...]
All dancers know the benefit and importance of corrections from their instructors. Corrections are the dance teachers’ way of saying “I like how you are trying, I care about your dancing and I want you to improve.” But as a dance student, sometimes it is difficult, even down right frustrating, to understand and apply [...]
As a young dancer, I loved training during the summer. Without the responsibilities of school work I had more time to study what I adored, ballet. I loved attending summer intensives and adding extra classes to my normal dance schedule when camps were not in session. With that being said, I also learned there are [...]
Ask any adult dancer, and they will tell you that June recitals bring back fabulous memories. The excitement of performing on a real stage, the beauty of the costumes, a chance to wear stage make-up, performing to up-beat music and dancing for friends and relatives in the audience are hard to forget. Dancers enjoy [...]
I first danced in the ballet Giselle during the spring of 2000, while apprenticing with the Colorado Ballet. Until then, my only experience with this ballet was watching a late 80's version of the Bolshoi on an old grainy VHS. And to be 100% honest, I didn't like it. As a dancer, I always enjoyed [...]
