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Morocco 🇲🇦 Recap!

A milestone for myself, the Company, and the theater! ❤️

My first time in Africa, the Company’s return to Africa after 30 years, and a historic moment for @dancetheatreofharlem as the first dance company to perform at @theatre_royal_de_rabat.

#morocco #dthontour #dancetheatreofharlem

@theatre_royal_de_rabat such a beautiful theatre🤍 Thank you for having us!

Thank you for having us! 🇲🇦❤️‍🔥

Donizetti Variations in Africa!

so impressive!

Chellah Castle!

Chellah Castle in Rabat, Morocco✨

Tuk tuk tour through the Souk! 🛍️

Tuk Tuk Tour! 🇲🇦

Post-Donizetti!

🐈‍⬛

Top: @normakamali
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Mother Popcorn aka Mo’ Pop🍿

Moroccan Mint Tea🥰

Mausoleum of Mohammed V✨

Post performance at @theatre_royal_de_rabat

@givenchy I got proposed in🥰💍

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Juan Carlos Penuela, Ronald K Alexander ❤️❤️

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Follow along for the Day in the Life of Company Artist Alexandra Rene Jones! ☕️🩰💙✨
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#DanceTheatreofHarlem #DayInTheLife

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Graciela Kozak, Charlotta Ofverholm, Jana Hicks, Juan Carlos Penuela, Marike Eliasberg ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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I’m always a little late posting, but here are a few of my favorite memories from my time in NYC during the SAB Residency and the ABT Curriculum. Even though it was a busy and inspiring season of learning, I always make time to enjoy the magic of the Big Apple and spend time with friends. Grateful for every moment, every lesson, and every memory. Until next time, NYC! 🗽❤️✨

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Are you gripping your quads? 🤔

Quad gripping is common, and it’s often a matter of faulty muscle firing, weight placement, and mental imagery. So how can dancers beat the habit and start engaging the right balance of muscles?

In this article, two experts—rehearsal director Juan Carlos Peñuela (@dancetheatreofharlem) and founder/artistic director Georné Aucoin (@icsb_ballet)—share their best advice.

Read it at the link in our bio. 🩰

📸 (1, 3): @penue4 teaching at the @jacobspillow Contemporary Ballet Program. Photos by @cdugganphoto, courtesy Penuela.
📸 (2, 4): @gbaucoin n with students from International City School of Ballet. Photos by @musashi_media, courtesy ICSB.
📝: @kirouette

#ballet #ballettechnique #ballettraining

Descriptions:
1) In a large indoor ballet studio with a high ceiling and wooden beams, Juan Carlos Penuela teaches a ballet class. He faces the dancers with his back to the mirror as they pose in retiré. Text: Are You Gripping Your Quads? Here’s How to Beat the Habit
2) Georné Aucoin faces a young ballet student at the barre, holding the dancer’s top foot in a high battement position. The student wears a long-sleeved black leotard, tights, and pointe shoes. Text in caption.
3) In a large indoor ballet studio with a high ceiling and wooden beams, Juan Carlos Penuela demonstrates a battement a la seconde at the barre, with one arm in high fifth. Young ballet students watch him. Text in caption.
4) Georné Aucoin crouches to hold a ballet student’s foot in tendu a la seconde. The dancer faces the barre and looks down toward her pointed foot. Text: Head to pointemagazine.com for some expert tips.

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Un Café Danzado , con una eminencia del Ballet 🩰
La maestra Elena Cana , coordinadora artística de @incolballet_oficial

¿ Porqué es importante tener una metodología para la enseñanza del Ballet ?

¿ Porqué Incolballet se destaca en Colombia , como un espacio lider en la formación de bailarines profesionales ?

Tómese un café junto a nosotros y déjese llevar por una charla cautivadora donde Santiago Manuel con profunda admiración habla con una maestra de maestros 🌸

SOMOS PIONEROS
SOMOS DANZA

#SOMOSPOINTÉ

@helencala2017
@ssantimanuel
@pointeporcolombia

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Yesterday, we launched Chamber Ballet Sessions, a project I’ve been developing for quite some time to create a space where dancers can collaborate with a live orchestra—a rare opportunity for many.

Seeing dancers and musicians share the room, respond to one another, and create something together was everything I had hoped for. The smiles said it all.

I couldn’t have asked for a better pilot event. Thank you to everyone who danced, played, taught, volunteered, attended, and helped bring it to life.

Stay tuned for what’s next. 🎻🩰✨

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⭐️ Introducing our teachers ⭐️

Colombian-born dancer and educator Juan Carlos Peñuela began his ballet journey at 12 with Incolballet, going on to perform as a soloist with Colombia’s National Company and dance with prestigious companies including Pennsylvania Ballet, Ballet Hispanico, and Dance Theatre of Harlem. Now serving as Rehearsal Director at Dance Theatre of Harlem, Juan Carlos brings decades of international experience as a ballet master, educator, and coach — having worked with Alvin Ailey, The Juilliard School, Joffrey Ballet School, and companies across Colombia, Japan, Malaysia, Italy, Panama, and beyond.

#ballet #balletclass #balletmusic #dancenyc #danceclass

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Juan Carlos. Rehearsal Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem. A very happy birthday to @penue4 today! Read more about my Pinrail Portrait project at the link in my bio. #dancetheatreofharlem #pinrailportraits #sonyalpha

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Hoy iniciamos los festejos del 10 aniversario.
¡Feliz Aniversario, CDM!

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A little of who Mommy was 🩰, and what Mommy does.

The first time I saw @dancetheatreofharlem was here at @nycitycenter My aunt @yasminhurston brought me to see the ballet when I was a little girl. I was training at a different school where I was the only one who looked like me. Back then, I had no idea I would preform with the DTH company on that very same stage.

I remained with the company until they unexpectedly closed their doors in 2004.
I had to pivot.
Moved from NY.
Had several career shifts, but ballet always stayed with me.

This year, I returned to the theater for the first time in nearly 20+ years and as life would have it, with DTH. It still feels surreal.

Sharing this with my family was a chance to bring my past together with my present. But most of all, seeing my daughter’s reaction when she watched the ballet and met the dancers. It nearly took my breath away. Now, she has her own memories to cherish.

This experience was a series of full circles, reunions, happy tears, and celebrating a legacy I’m proud to be part of. It was truly a return home and an opportunity to do something I’m deeply passionate about.

The final photos are from DTH 2001, my first official season with the company ⭕️
Thank you to my loved ones for your love & support as I moved through this journey. From the bottom of my heart ❤️

#joy #ballet #DTH #workingmother

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