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Charlotte Nash and John-Paul Simoens poses dramatically in front of a white backdrop. Nash, wearing a black leotard, stands in a wide fourth position on pointe against John-Paul Simoen, who faces the back in a lunge position on demi-pointe. He bends his arms up as Nash wraps her around them, and they both arch back, looking at each other.

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Onstage, a long line of corps de ballet dancers in white Romantic tutus extends from the top left corner to downstage right. In front of them, a dancer in a dark tunic and gray tights kneels, looking despondent, as another dancer stands facing him in tendu derriere, arching back with her arms crossed in the ballet pantomime for "death."

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Charlotte Nash, wearing a black loetard and black tutu, leans off pointe on her right leg, her left leg bent and lifted. Her arms are held out in front of her, wrists flexed, as she looks down over her right shoulder, her long brown hair flowing behind her.

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Kyra Laubacher

Onstage, two dancers in practice clothes have a tense conversation. One sits cross-legged on the floor and the other sits on a piano bench.

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Kyra Laubacher

Onstage in front of a dark backdrop, a ballet dancer does an arabesque on pointe with one arm high. She wears a long strapless white dress with a full skirt. Behind her, her partner stands in tendu derriere, matching her port de bras. He wears dark blue tights and a dark blue velvet coat on top of a white tunic.

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In a large ballet studio, a choreographer dressed in all black faces a line of dancers in front of him, his back to the mirror. The dancers wrap their arms around each others' backs and plié in fifth position, bowing forward.

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A close-up shot of two Prix competitors' practice tutus, with pointe shoes and audition numbers beneath.

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Two photos laid side-by-side showing Lydia Marbach doing Pilates on a reformer. On the left, she does Pilates lunge with one foot on the footbar and the other knee on the carriage. She rests her fingertips on the footbar and reaches up with a long spine. On the right, she does a standing split with one foot on the footbar, leg bent, and the other foot on demi pointe on the carousel. She stands tall, arms held out straight to the sides.

Cross-Training

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