Zach celebrating with his classmates

Zach’s Diary part one: Growing up dancing in Canada

Zach’s Diary part two: Starting at Stuttgart’s John Cranko-Schule

Zach’s Diary part three

Christmastime in Germany is like a fairy tale, though so far only a couple light dustings of snow but, of course, the wonderful Christmas markets.

December has been a very busy month here, with a performance in the Opernhaus on the 8th (featuring school and company members), and a ballet exam on my birthday, which was this past Tuesday! After the exam (which went fairly well), I went out to celebrate with some friends.

So far I’m really enjoying the training here at John Cranko. It doesn’t differ too much from my training in Winnipeg; although it is definitely more Russian and stays true to the Vaganova method.… [continue reading]

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