New Continents — From Royal Ballet School To Boston Ballet

Duncan Lyle performing Coppelia, Royal Ballet School; photo: Margaret Kokrhelj

“I once took six months off from ballet when I was 14. My school commitments were growing and it was becoming seriously difficult to juggle everything. It reaffirmed for me, however, that ballet was my one love and out of everything what I should have been doing.”

A Jeté That’s Truly Grand

A Grand Jeté is… a type of of leap. The term comes from classical ballet. However, many dance forms utilize or have adapted this movement. The grand jeté is just one of an entire family of movements in which the working leg is “thrown.” In grand jeté the initiating leg is thrown to 90º and [...]