Charles' Web Blog

Charles Maple, Director of the Maple Conservatory of Dance

The following is a series of web blogs written by Charles Maple on various dance topics and local events:

• Personal Stories From Our Adult Ballet Students: "Why Do I Dance?"
  —posted October 7, 2008
• Leslie Browne: Master Ballet Teacher Extraordinaire
  —posted August 18, 2008
• Cynthia Gregory: America's Prima Ballerina Absoluta
  —posted July 31, 2008
• Thoughts From the 2008 American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive Program: "The Vessel"
  —posted July 7, 2008
• A Sad Farewell To Orange County Register's Dance Critic Laura Bleiberg
  —posted April 15, 2008
• Yes Virginia, Another Nutcracker!
  —posted November 16, 2007
• LINES Ballet's Alonzo King: Alonzo King and the Inner Dancer
  —posted October 21, 2007
• American Ballet Theatre's Susan Jaffe, An American Legend, Visits the Maple Conservatory
  —posted August 10, 2007
• Week #3: More Thoughts From the ABT Summer Intensive Program in Alabama - Getting Ready For Our End-of-Program Performances
  —posted July 13, 2007
• Week #2: More Thoughts From the ABT Summer Intensive Program in Alabama - Our Wonderful Faculty
  —posted July 3, 2007
• Thoughts From the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive Program in Alabama
  —posted June 27, 2007
• An Evening at "The Men of the Ballet Russes" at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles
  —posted June 9, 2007
• Charles attending the American Ballet Theatre Alumni Reunion in New York City
  —posted June 4, 2007