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A ballerina in a black v-neck leotard, ivory skirt, black cut-off tights, and skin-tone pointe shoes poses on the floor of a dance studio. Her front leg is bent underneath her and her back leg is stretched out behind her. She is slightly arching back, with her arms over her head. She lifts her chin on a slight diagonal with her eyes closed in a calm expression.

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Cassidy Cocke appears on stage in a flowing purple dress and poses on pointe with her right leg extended to the front and her left arm in fifth position. Her partner wears a tight purple unitard and wraps his arm around her to support her position.

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A dancer in a brown tank leotard and black skirt holds the barre with her left hand and lifts her right arm in fifth. Other dancers stand behind her at various barres, doing the same pose in écchappé second.

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A group of adult dancers in practice clothes listen to a teacher give a correction. Four dancers watch in the background, while the male teacher points to his hip in correcting the female adult student. Another woman marks the exercise to his right.

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In a large, high-ceilinged dance studio with floor-to-ceiling windows, a group of adult ballet students stand behind their teacher as they all pose in tendu croisé devant. The teacher wears a black leotard, black workout pants, and dance sneakers, while her students wear various practice outfits and ballet slippers.

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A large group of adult ballet dancers wearing leotards in various colors and white practice tutus pose closely together with their left arm raised next to their ear, the elbow slightly bent and the palm facing out. Their right arms are bent at the waist, crossing in front of their bodies. Seven of the dancers kneel in the front row, while the others stand. An adult male dancer stands at the far left of the group, posing in a tendu with his left hand on his hip as he holds a foam roller on his right shoulder.

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Kathryn Morgan, wearing a long-sleeved green shirt, a black ballet skirt, and black tights, touches the back of an adult ballet student practicing at the barre to correct her form. The female dancer wears a pink leotard, patterned blue skirt and pink tights. She holds her left arm in second position as she does a degagé with her left leg and smiles. They are surrounded by other adult ballet students doing the same exercise at the barre in a large dance studio with white walls.

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Allison DeBona gently holds the leg and lower back of an adult female ballet student as she practices a développé devant in effacé in the center of a dance studio. DeBona wears a green tank top, ballet skirt, and leggings and ballet slippers and looks toward the student, who looks up toward her lifted right arm with a smile. The student wears a black leotard, long pink skirt, footless pink tights and ballet slippers. Behind them, other dancers stand along the studio's floor-to-ceiling windows and watch.

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