Good Ballet Juju

Shelby Williams chats about dancing as Biscuit Ballerina, creating a fulfilling social media space, anxiety, balancing mental health with humour, and cross-training Crossfit while in lockdown!

Prima ballerina Isabella Boylston talks to Min about living in an era of CoVid19 as a dancer - what she's doing while staying home and how she's working out, and chats about her favourite books, her Hogwarts house and Netflix's Tiger King.

Our interview with Paris Opera Ballet prima ballerina/danseuse étoile, Dorothée Gilbert. Dorothée talks to Min about her journey from student to Paris Opera Ballet star, how she conquered the infamous PoB concours, finding the artistry within her, motherhood and her love of nutella.

Our interview with ballerina Kathryn Morgan, former NYCB soloist and current Miami City Ballet soloist. Katie talks to Min about how hypothyroidism forced her to retire from an NYCB star on the rise, finding her new identity outside of her career, reinventing herself as a Youtube star, body image and social media in ballet, and her comeback as a soloist of the Miami City Ballet.

Prima Ballerina Misa Kuranaga talks about her journey from ballet competition wunderkind to struggling freelancer to becoming the first Asian principal dancer at Boston Ballet, and shares how she learnt to accept herself, and find enjoyment in dance and life.