The Butterfly Blog

Support The Girls - Breasts, Bras and Bounce
May 25th is the annual Pink Ribbon Breakfast Fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Foundation in New Zealand. At our ballet school we will be inviting dancers to wear PINK to...
Support The Girls - Breasts, Bras and Bounce
May 25th is the annual Pink Ribbon Breakfast Fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Foundation in New Zealand. At our ballet school we will be inviting dancers to wear PINK to...

War and the Grand Kyiv Ballet
On 25th April each year New Zealanders and Australians pause to commemorate Anzac Day - a national day of remembrance that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in...
War and the Grand Kyiv Ballet
On 25th April each year New Zealanders and Australians pause to commemorate Anzac Day - a national day of remembrance that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in...

Fast Fashion - Why We are Slow
When we were developing Butterfly we had a few ‘must have/do’ ideas that we set out from the start. Probably the most important of those was the commitment to manufacturing...
Fast Fashion - Why We are Slow
When we were developing Butterfly we had a few ‘must have/do’ ideas that we set out from the start. Probably the most important of those was the commitment to manufacturing...

An Easter Sunday Feast with George Balanchine
George Balanchine, the renowned ballet choreographer and founder of the New York City Ballet, was known to host lavish Easter parties at his West Sixty-Seventh Street apartment in New York...
An Easter Sunday Feast with George Balanchine
George Balanchine, the renowned ballet choreographer and founder of the New York City Ballet, was known to host lavish Easter parties at his West Sixty-Seventh Street apartment in New York...

Tuck Up With a Good Book!
As summer seems to have come to an abrupt ending here in our hometown of Otautahi, Christchurch, we thought this would be a good time to have a look at...
Tuck Up With a Good Book!
As summer seems to have come to an abrupt ending here in our hometown of Otautahi, Christchurch, we thought this would be a good time to have a look at...

When Do I Get to Dress Up and Be A REAL DANCER?
Whether you dance once a week, once a fortnight or take class every day, if ballet is important to you then you are a real dancer.
When Do I Get to Dress Up and Be A REAL DANCER?
Whether you dance once a week, once a fortnight or take class every day, if ballet is important to you then you are a real dancer.