I’m a big advocate of watching live dance performances as often as possible. As a dance student or dance artist, it’s really important to stay inspired. Whilst watching performances on YouTube etc. is a great way to do that, nothing can compare to watching dance live, and feeling the energy of the performers on the…
Author: jessicadaretodance
Dance student and blogger based in London; author of Dare to Dance (formerly The Blogging Ballerina).
Guide to Bullet Journaling for Dancers
This is a long-promised post, so I really hope it helps out those of you who are already bujo fans, or if you’re interested in starting your first bullet journal. I’m going to tell you about bullet journaling, why bullet journaling is a useful practice for dancers, how I use my bullet journal, and give…
Photo Gallery: Notting Hill
Hi everyone! I hope you enjoyed last month’s planner posts- if you missed them, you can read about my reviews of The Happiness Planner here and the MiGoals 2019 diary here. I am still planning to post about bullet journaling for dancers, which will be my next post! However I thought I’d also post something…
Review: MiGoals Goal Planner & Diary
I hope that everyone has been having a great month & start to 2019! As promised, here is my second of three posts showing you some of the ways I use planners and journals to keep on top of things in my dance and personal life. The first post talked about The Happiness Planner and…
The Happiness Planner
As we’re at the start of a brand new year, I thought that this might be an appropriate time to share with you all some of the journals and planners I use to keep me on-track, both in my dance life and in my personal life. It’s at this time of year that some of…
2018
This year has been one of the best and busiest of my life! However I’ve just had so much going on that I haven’t been able to devote as much time as usual to this blog. That’s okay- sometimes life happens, and although sharing my journey is important to me, life is primarily for living!…
Young Royal Opera House
Hi everyone! I hope that you had a great start to the season, or academic year. Between university classes starting back up, fresher’s week, vocational classes, and rehearsals starting for upcoming performances, I’ve been super busy (and loving it)! Something else I’ve been working on is promoting the Royal Opera House programme for students and…
A Dancer’s Ultimate Back-To-School Shopping Guide
Just like that, the new academic year is almost upon us. Whether you spent your holidays sweating it out in the studio at summer intensives, or sweating it out in the sunshine, now it’s time to start thinking about the year ahead. You might be about to start an entirely new school, maybe in another…
Hofesh Shechter: Grand Finale & Live Interview with Sadler’s Wells!
So a couple of weeks ago, I had one of my best experiences in the dance world to date. I received the incredible opportunity to watch the Hofesh Shechter Company in rehearsal at Sadler’s Wells, and to host a live Facebook broadcast, including a Q&A with Hofesh Shechter himself! Later that week, I attended a…
Photo Gallery: Sense of Space
A few weeks ago, my partner Jake and I headed to the pop-up art installation/ exhibition “Sense of Space”, near Liverpool Street Station. It was really cool and really pretty- of course we took the opportunity to get some photos! If you like these, be sure to check out more of Jake’s work by clicking…
