Katie Slattery

Katie Slattery, a former professional ballet dancer with Orlando Ballet and Sarasota Ballet, is currently a faculty teacher and the Conservatory Coordinator for The Florida Ballet.

A dancer creates an arm formation against a black backdrop, with her left hand lifted just above her curved right forearm.

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The Expressive Power of Hands

Katie Slattery

A weary ballet dancer slumps over a piano in a dance studio, her right hand holding a near-empty water bottle.

Health & Body

What You Need to Know About Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (RED-S)

Katie Slattery

Four young ballet dancers in practice clothes, two women and two men, huddle around a mobile phone at a theater.

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What’s Good Etiquette for Sharing Summer Intensive Audition Results?

Katie Slattery

A teenage male ballet student wearing black tights over a bright blue leotard does a brisé volé in a dance studio.

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Breaking Down Brisé Volé With Philip Neal

Katie Slattery

A woman's hand is shown holding a pointe shoe, pulling back the back of it to expose the shank. A red box cutter and pair of scissors lie to the right of her hand on a gray dance studio floor.

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How to Three-Quarter-Shank Pointe Shoes

Katie Slattery

Teenage dancers rehearse a pas de deux in a large dance studio. The girl, wearing a long-sleeved black leotard, pink tights, and pointe shoes, does an attitude derrierre and holds onto the boy's left shoulder and left hand. The boy, in a black t-shirt and black sweatpants, stands to her right and looks at her as she looks out to the camera with a large smile.

Everything "Nutcracker"

Tips for Performing Your First Pas De Deux

Katie Slattery

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Mastering Développé With Alexandra Koltun

Katie Slattery

Kim Marsh, a ballet teacher, stands in the corner of a ballet studio and adjusts the hips of a female student practicing tendus at the barre. One student stands in front of her and two others on the opposite wall, doing the same exercise. Alll of the dancers wear black leotards, pink tights and pink ballet slippers. Marsh wears black pants and dance sneakers, a black V-neck shirt and a long, loose-fitting cardigan sweater.

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Making the Most of Corrections, Whether They’re Individual or for the Whole Class

Katie Slattery