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…
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…
Cover Reveal Announcement
Hi everyone! I've been hard at work lately on my series reboot. Sere from the Green is already with the editor and Through Storm and Night is coming along beautifully. I cannot wait for readers to dive right back into the world. I think you're all going to really love…
Where are the Asexual Voices Presentation
https://youtu.be/Sji-98jt_28 I gave my presentation entitled "Where are the Asexual Voices" at C2E2 this past Friday. I'm not going to lie, I was terrified. I was positively terrified about giving this performance (and had a couple of near chickening out moments in the week leading up to the convention).…