Gearing Up for World Ballet Day November 1st 2023!
By Madison Huizinga, DWC Blog Editor
In preparation for World Ballet Day 2023, (November 1st!) let’s take a glimpse back at past years’ celebrations.
One of the most compelling parts of World Ballet Day each year is undoubtedly the live streams of professional ballet companies’ classes. One that I always look forward to viewing is The Royal Ballet’s company class. Viewers get to experience these seasoned professionals warming up and practicing on the stage of the Royal Opera House, hearing advice and feedback from some of the world’s best instructors. There is a lot that dancers can gain from tuning into these livestreams, from what it’s like to be a part of a professional company to constructive criticism to apply to their dancing.
In many different companies around the world, promotion and live streams were all over social media. Classes were also live-streamed from the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Nationale Opera & Ballet, and more. Be sure to look out for content from these companies and more, come November 2nd.
Apart from YouTube livestreams, dancers often share World Ballet Day content on other platforms, like Instagram. There are currently over 200,000 posts under the hashtag #worldballetday on Instagram. Under the hashtag, I always see dancers in my community, across the country, and around the globe sharing photos and videos of them doing their best ballet moves. If there’s any day to share your favorite dance photos on Instagram, it’s World Ballet Day. And with Tik Tok recently surging in popularity, I’m sure that will be another excellent platform to see some World Ballet Day content from your favorite professional ballet dancers, like Isabella Boylston and Tiler Peck.
It’s that time of the year again! It’s World Ballet Day 2023! This will be the ninth year that the world joins together to celebrate the art of ballet with the world’s leading dance companies. Throughout the day, rehearsals, discussions, and classes will be streamed across six continents, providing viewers with educational tools and inside looks into the biggest ballet performers in the world. The Royal Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, and The Australian Ballet will be in charge of the majority of the programming. People can tune into a variety of social media platforms, including TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook to join the festivities.
Finally, a significant part of World Ballet Day 2021, particularly for The Royal Ballet, was that this was going to be the biggest yet. For example, on YouTube, attached to the livestream of its company class, The Royal Ballet racked up thousands of viewers from across the world. The Royal Ballet continues to participate in World Ballet Day year after year and each year is bigger and better than ever.
A large part of how we can preserve this art form that we all love dearly is by investing in it. Thus, for World Ballet Day 2023, consider donating what you can to local dance companies. ARC Dance, Dance Fremont, Seattle Dance Collective, Khambatta Dance Company, Whim W’Him Contemporary Dance, Spectrum Dance Theater, Coriolis Dance, and Velocity Dance Center are just a handful that you could consider supporting this World Ballet Day.
We all deserve to celebrate our passions openly and enthusiastically. World Ballet Day offers us the opportunity to do just that. This November 1st, tune into company livestreams, share your favorite ballet photos on social media, and support your favorite local companies, all for the love of ballet.
Sources:
https://www.roh.org.uk/news/worldballetday-returns-on-19-october-2021
https://worldballetday.com