Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Technique My Way: Vanessa Zahorian

By Mary Ellen Hunt


In company class, 2008. Photo by Erik Tomasson, Courtesy SFB.

It’s been a long rehearsal day at San Francisco Ballet. Vanessa Zahorian walks into the company’s conference room apologizing for looking tired and for the informality of the loose rehearsal clothes she’s thrown over her lanky limbs. But there’s no need; her bright blue eyes sparkle with the all-American girl freshness that serves her so well onstage.

Trained at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and the Kirov Academy, Zahorian is one of SFB’s most reliable principals—rarely injured and gifted with a solid technical facility that was evident from the time she joined the corps in 1997. She stays in top form through a mix of common sense and lessons learned over the years about what works best for her body.

Read more at Dance Magazine:   http://dancemagazine.com/issues/July-2011/Technique-My-Way-Vanessa-Zahorian

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