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Feb 27
2 min

Backstage with...Mark Mittlestadt

Being the father of an MYB company member has given entrepreneur, small business owner, and motorcycle mechanic Mark Mittlestadt new ways...

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Getting to the Pointe

Feb 22
1 min

Bravo!

With our upcoming collaborative concert with the Appleton BoyChoir, we've been thinking a lot about the relationship between gender and p...

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Getting to the Pointe

Feb 12
2 min

A fan favorite explains why he keeps coming back to perform in MYB's The Nutcracker

MJ Marsh is an actor, improviser and stand-up comic based in Minneapolis, MN. He is an artistic producer with the Bearded Company and an ...

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Getting to the Pointe

Feb 9
3 min

Can we gracefully acknowledge how our microaggressions perpetuate barriers in the arts?

It's easy during Black History Month to focus on how far the dance world has come in terms of diversity, inclusion, and access--and even ...

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Getting to the Pointe

Feb 7
2 min

Alumni, what was your next step?

As someone who has spent around 15 years in a “slash-career”—always juggling at least three if not more part-time jobs that touch on diff...

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Getting to the Pointe

Jan 29
2 min

Choose your own adventure

Today, MYB’s dancers showed grace and grit when they took the stage twice to perform Peter and the Wolf for over 2000 first-grade student...

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Getting to the Pointe

Jan 26
1 min

Getting to the "pointe" in our community

Classical ballet isn't for everyone... But it should be! That's why Makaroff Youth Ballet's Artistic Director Jeanette Makaroff took on ...

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