Hi, I’m Susie: a dancer, photographer, and creative sharing my journey through ballet and life behind the scenes.
I trained pre-professionally in ballet growing up but stepped away after two hip surgeries in my mid-twenties. After seven years away from the studio, a pandemic, and becoming a mom, I returned to ballet in 2022. The comeback hasn’t been easy, but it’s deeply fulfilling. My current goal is to get back on pointe.
I’m also a professional gymnastics and dance photographer, photographing NCAA and elite gymnastics competitions as well as dance performances.
I’m a late-diagnosed autistic adult, which shapes how I experience creativity and life. 🩵
On this channel you'll find:
🩰 My adult ballet journey
🩰 Pointe progress & training updates
🎥 Dance life vlogs
📷 Behind the scenes from gymnastics & dance photography
More on Instagram:
Ballet: @susietheballerina
Photography: @splitprecision
Websites:
🩰 susietheballerina.com
📷 splitprecision.com
Susie in Motion
Can't wait to be back at the barre 💕 I'm spending this summer rehabbing my cranky hip, and it's turning up all sorts of other issues too.
I'm optimistic that I'll be able to dance this fall, but things have been harder than expected this summer. But, I'm not giving up and will keep fighting this battle to get to a place where I can happily dance for many more years 🩷
Photos by Katie Ging
4 days ago | [YT] | 18
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Susie in Motion
Throwback alert! Didn't know I had this photo of me sewing my first pair of pointe shoes at age 12 🥹
3 months ago | [YT] | 38
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Susie in Motion
It’s ballet spring break, so throwing it back to last spring with this photo 🌷🩰
The past week I’ve been deep in the NCAA gymnastics world doing photography, and my dance studio is on spring break, so things have been a little quieter here. New videos coming soon! 🎥
Also soft-launching a little channel rebrand to Susie in Motion. Ballet will still be the heart of this channel, but I’m excited to start sharing more of my other creative worlds too 🩵
4 months ago | [YT] | 26
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