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Fishnets Take Center Stage: Allure Magazine Press | Nude Barre

Fishnets Take Center Stage: Allure Magazine Press | Nude Barre

With credentials spanning from Beyoncé’s world tours, to acting and modeling, professional dancer Ashley Everett has a list of to-do’s as lengthy as her resumè. This past June, Allure Magazine sat down the A-list performer for a play-by-play of how she makes it from sunrise to showtime.  In ord...
TheGrio Press: Former Knicks Dancer Creates Business

TheGrio Press: Former Knicks Dancer Creates Business

In this article by Black business insider theGrio, Nude Barre founder Erin Carpenter is interviewed about her transition from professional dancer to burgeoning entrepreneur. Writer Danielle James details Carpenter’s journey from a $3,000 savings to a $1.4 million investment from tennis star Ser...
Adjusting My Eyes to the Light: My Dance Experience

Adjusting My Eyes to the Light: My Dance Experience

The sun softly simmers my skin through the window. The heat prompts me into consciousness. The sounds of my city monopolize my senses. The fog swallowing my brain subsides.  I think of butterflies. Monarchs. Morphos. Swallowtails.  What does it mean to be defined by your potential? To be pl...