Thanks for saying this🎉

You could not have said that any better. I miss ballet class. 😢

I love your explanation 😊❤ Thanks for this!!!!

Ive not heard a teacher explain it like this, i like the analogy!

Would black tight shorts be a decent alternative to long black tights? Like for easier correction but at the same time feel less revealing?

I love what you said about pointe shoes not being so important. For recreational adult ballet students, I think it's vital to emphasize having good strong feet, and developing a sense of grounding and awareness of how your feet work to support and move your body in space. I love seeing my dancers develop supple, dexterous feet; and I think jumping into pointe shoes too soon hampers that. I believe that the strength and flexibility we develop working in ballet slippers does a lot for our overall physical well-being as we age. Having healthy, strong, flexible, arthritis-free feet, past our 60s, makes such a huge difference in our ability to stay active and vital into elder years.

That was such a gorgeous explanation. I may ut get the traction it deserves😊

I love this discussion!!!!

Brilliant conversation… listened three times -

This was helpful! I feel like I can do it in a pretty way now!

Thank you so much for having me Julie!

Really really helpful! I was going to think my new grishko pointe was of bad quality just because it's super-hard. Now I know how to solve it! Thanks!

I loved this conversation!! Its inspirational to hear

How does one go about training each toe individually like it says in this video?

' already wired for this ..' Never knew this about myself.

I would like to humbly submit something to the question of why humans crave music. Humans are made in three parts. We are a spirit, we have a soul and we live in a physical body. The body has demands and requirements. Also, five physical senses. Additionally, we live in a physical world. Our soul is desperattly deprived of nourishment making it small and weak. Music is at the intersection of our spirit, soul and body. When music is present, our soul quickens to absorb the attention and nourishment. Slowly, over much time the impoverished soul strenghtens and contributes to the performance of the art.

Insightful, informative and entertaining... as with all the Bruno interviews. Can't tell you how much I got out of this! Thank you Julie and Bruno.

Hi Julie, thanks for your video. It is great to see more and more support for us - few - male ballet dancers. I started a year ago at the age of 59 and love it. Meanwhile I have three times a week classes in presence and everybody is so lovely and supportive. I use classic pink convertibles with short black shorts and a loose fit shirt. Just a few weeks back I ran into imperfect pointes and found very nice dancewear for men. Love, Horst

Thank you Julie for sharing this video on your beautiful podcast. It was a pleasure to be interviewed by you. 🎹🎶

Thank you for this amazing podcast,made me hopeful I dabble in ballet but it’s not my main

This is a beautiful video and story 💜

Thank You! and I'm watching this from almost living in 2025!!!!

Great video, thanks! Does the 'cambre back' in mid air also apply if you do a grand jete?

I just discovered your podcast and am totally jazzed! I began ballet as an adult and am now planning to re-enlist at 70. I had good training and am looking forward to developing a greater understanding and improved application of technique through your website. Thanks for offering this information online - it's really invaluable!

Catie!!! 🤗🥰💖

thank you !

Lovely discussion and really beautiful dance!!!

Where did you get all those different colored pointe shoes??

Thank you so very much form showing this from the back! I was searching for it.

Sometimes it feels like barre fitness has taken the most special parts of ballet away and made it boring! so glad it opened the door for Anke, so she could find her way to rewards and enjoyment of ballet ❤

Really interesting! I currently have the question myself of how I can work on my inner challenges through dance and especially within a very perfectionistic realm of ballett. In reagrd to West Coast Swing I really liked the take on being connected with yourself AND also to a partner at the same time. I think that might be a good exercise for relationships :D

Now for the rest of my life I’ll be in class thinking “1st now pick up your La Mer into 5th” 😂😂

This is lovely! What an inspiring discussion and an inspiring movement to celebrate adult ballet - planning to join the group!

that is so beautiful

Wow! I'm 32, and I really want to dance ballet.

Love you Anke!!! 💙

I met (virtually) Anke back in 2020-2021 when we were in that same online beginner ballet class on Sunday afternoons! I remember seeing her husband in the back of her video feed a few times finishing his piano and seeing her dancing in that tiny space in her bedroom. We follow each other on Instagram still and it’s so lovely and inspiring seeing her progress and watching her go to the US for IABF. I actually feel really emotional listening to this episode thinking of how far hard work and passion has taken her. I’m also still dancing, but I do it now in person in the studio I go to. I hope to run into her again soon, maybe we’ll meet at an intensive someday.

Thank you Julie and Anke.

😊super

😊super bravo

Thank you so much for this May I ask where you got your black leotard from I’m looking for one just like that it’s very challenging to find one for someone that’s curvy thank you 🩰🎼🎹

"Ballet is oddly restful for people who can't rest" - SO TRUE and relatable lol 🤣

I just want to say thank you so much

Thank you! I love you for this 😭♥️

Wowzers! There was so much in this episode that I connected with. Thank you Julie and Kimberly, this was very productive and informative.

Sooo verrrry helpful 🎉thank you!!!!!!!!

So good. I’ve never heard this teaching!!!!

This was such a big revelation to me when I first heard it. It led to the awareness why the audience was there! I'm lost with my Broche Ballet!