Caedra Scott-Flaherty

Caedra Scott-Flaherty is a writer based in New York. She is also a former dancer and choreographer and loves all things terpsichorean.

A large group of teenage ballet dancers in various costumes take a bow onstage.

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Behind the Scenes of YAGP’s 2026 International Dance School Festival

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Sara Mearns and Gilbert Bolden III lunge in tendu a la seconde, arms mirroring the working leg line, as they rehearse in a dance studio.

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Sara Mearns Brings Her Most Authentic Self to the City Center Stage

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Herman Cornejo flies in the air, arching back as he makes a curve with his body. He faces the back corner of the stage, looking up into a bluish light as he spreads his arms wide and curves his left leg into a low attitude position.

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With Anima Animal, Herman Cornejo Reimagines a Lost Nijinsky Ballet

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Four dancers dressed in drag as the four little swans from "Swan Lake" battement devant flamboyantly as they hold hands. They wear long white romantic tutus, pink tights, pointe shoes, and white feather headpieces.

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The Trocks Celebrate Their Golden Anniversary

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Aleisha Walker is shown from the hips up in a dance studio. She wears a black V-neck leotard and black shorts, and opens her arms out the the side, slightly lifting them, as she looks confidently towards the camera.

Career

Budding Choreographer Aleisha Walker Preps for a Joyce Theater Premiere

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Kateryna Kukhar flies in a saut de chat as the titular character in Giselle.

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The Grand Kyiv Ballet Dances Giselle Across America: A Conversation With Principal Dancers Kateryna Kukhar and Oleksandr Stoianov

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Portrait of the choreographer Madame Mariquita seated at a carved wooden desk. Three dancers surround her, wearing white tutus. They are Natalia Trouhanova (left), Marthe Lenclud (to Mariquita's rear) and on the right, Regina Badet, leaning over the desk with her left leg raised in an arabesque.

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Rediscovering Madame Mariquita, the Prolific Choreographer Who Helped Modernize French Ballet

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