Gavin Larsen

Xuan Cheng and Taras Domitro rehearse a passionate pas de deux in a large dance studio. Cheng kneels on her right knee and arches back, her left leg extended, and wraps her right arm around the kneeling Domitro's shoulder as he holds her by the waist and presses his head to her chest.

Onstage

Xuan Cheng, Splitting Her Season Between OBT and Hong Kong Ballet, on the Joys and Challenges of Multi-Tasking

Gavin Larsen

In this black and white photo, Deborah Wingert stands at the front of a ballet class and demonstrates a step moving through fifth position with her arms en bas. Behind her, a large class of students wearing dance clothing, ballet slippers and face masks copy her movements.

Audition Advice

How to Deal With Crowded, Stressful Class Scenarios

Gavin Larsen

A group of 10 female students in black leotards, pink tights, and pink pointe shoes stand in two staggered lines of five in a sunny dance studio. They all pose in fifth position with their right foot in front and their arms in high fifth position, looking slightly to the right.

Training

How to Deal With Placement Class Jitters at a New Studio

Gavin Larsen

In a large dance studio, five male teenage ballet students wearing white T-shirts, gray tights and gray ballet slippers practice sautés in second position in a staggered line.

Training

The Ups and Downs of Life as a Commuter Student

Gavin Larsen

In a large, white-walled dance studio, a teenage male ballet student in a white T-shirt, black tights, and white socks and ballet slippers, does a développé devant with his right leg and holds onto a portable barre with his left hand. Next to him on his right, Arantxa Ochoa, dressed in a leotard, skirt and tights, lightly touches him on the back to correct his placement. Other dancers perform the same exercise on the other side of the barre.

Summer Study

How to Cope When You’re Rejected From a Summer Intensive You’ve Been Accepted to Before

Gavin Larsen

Along a lushly wooded gravel road, ballerina Priyana Acharya jumps up, tucking her left leg underneath and her right leg in a short attitude devant. She wears a green leotard and pointe shoes, and her hair is swept up in a bun.

Summer Study

How to Confidently Audition for a Summer Intensive You’ve Been Turned Down From Before

Gavin Larsen

A groupe of people create a heart shape with all of their hands, shown in silhouette against a sunset.

Wellness

What Can Mental Health Support in Ballet Look Like?

Gavin Larsen

Julia Eisen stands onstage in a blue leotard and short chiffon skirt. She holds an arabesque on flat with her arms in open fifth. Behind her, Nicolas Scheuer reflects the position, also with his arms in open fifth, and both his feet on the ground.

Company Life

A Tale of Two Apprentices: What These Dancers Learned From Their (Very Different) Paths to Professional Life

Gavin Larsen