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…
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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…
I’m in an Anthology!
I have been waiting for AGES to announce this! I'm in an anthology! An actual print SFF anthology! This is the first time I've ever been able to write about being a queer woman and an adoptee! And to be published among all these accomplished writers, this is truly a…
When Allos Screw Up
I returned home today from my best friend's house. I spend the holidays with her and her polycule because they're awesome people who I absolutely adore. I use the brief vacation to bask in the feeling of safety unique to their house and get a decent amount of writing done.…
Writing the Other Master Classes
Hello all! I have a very special signal boost today and I am so incredibly excited. I’m honestly giddy and I have been waiting forever to share this: I’m teaching a seminar in September! :-D It’s part of the Writing the Other series and I literally cannot believe I’m writing…