Stories from a dance career San Francisco Chronicles: Episode 3
After returning from London rehearsals picked up for Romeo and Juliet. Until now I had only really experienced John Cranko's beautiful...
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Shane Wuerthner
- Mar 29, 2022
- 2 min
Stories From a Dance Career: San Francisco Chronicles 2
The tour to London was approaching quickly. It was going to be strange returning to Europe to perform on a new stage without Marie-Claire...
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Shane Wuerthner
- Mar 25, 2022
- 2 min
Stories from a dance career: San Francisco Chronicles
I remember the excitement like it was yesterday. I was going to be starting as a soloist with The San Francisco Ballet. Nerves,...
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Shane Wuerthner
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
Stories From a Dance Career.....episode 10
We arrived back in Vienna on a whirlwind of emotions. My dreams were coming true and Marie-Claire's nightmare was staring her in the...
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Shane Wuerthner
- May 19, 2021
- 2 min
Stories From a Dance Career Episode 9
It was good to be back in The United States, back in San Francisco...the place I was born. From the time I was a young boy I had hoped...
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Shane Wuerthner
- Apr 27, 2021
- 2 min
Stories From A Dance Career Episode 8
As we sat on the airplane preparing for the take off of our arduous flight to San Francisco, my eyes closed and I suddenly was drawn back...
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Shane Wuerthner
- Mar 19, 2021
- 2 min
Stories from a dance career episode 7
I was born in San Francisco and lived there until the age of 11. My parents moved with me at that young age all the way to Washington DC...
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Shane Wuerthner
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
Stories From a Dance Career episode 6
Sometimes there are dancers who seem to get the roles easily. The ones who are cast well from the moment they enter the company. This...
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Shane Wuerthner
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
Stories from a dancer episode 5
I could feel exhaustion taking over. Ballet is a challenge, made even more so by the fact that you can't show how hard it really is....
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Shane Wuerthner
- Jan 18, 2021
- 2 min
Stories From A Dance Career Episode 4
He sat at the front of the room, his hair was perfectly glued to his head. A blank stare fell from his eyes onto the room. He didn't...
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Shane Wuerthner
- Jan 12, 2021
- 2 min
Stories from a dance career episode 3
It had been a long day of learning. I had just arrived home to our apartment, where Marie-Claire and I were living in the 8th district of...
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Shane Wuerthner
- Jan 8, 2021
- 2 min
Stories from a dance career episode 2...
My heart sunk into my stomach. I had taken the summer to recover on my first trip to Australia where it had been nearly 2 months from...
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Shane Wuerthner
- Jan 4, 2021
- 2 min
Stories from a dance career... episode one
"Oh Sh*t" I exclaimed under my breath as I dipped her, my lips inches from her's. I was supposed to kiss her but the pain was intense. It...
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