Senior Spotlight - Sophia Syring
My name is Sophia Syring and this 2021/2022 season is my final season with Makaroff Youth Ballet where I have been dancing for 14 years....
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Feb 27, 2020
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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Feb 22, 2020
Bravo!
With our upcoming collaborative concert with the Appleton BoyChoir, we've been thinking a lot about the relationship between gender and...
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Feb 12, 2020
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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Feb 9, 2020
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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Feb 7, 2020
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...
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Jan 29, 2020
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...
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Jan 26, 2020
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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