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Melissa Barak is shown from the waist up sitting in a brown leather chair with her hands clasped under her chin. She looks directly at the camera. She wears a black turtleneck and silver watch on her left wrist.

Company Life

Melissa Barak Shares Her Plans for Los Angeles Ballet

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A female in jeans, a tan shirt and worn white shoes (shown legs-down) pulls a large purple suitcase behind her as she walks through an airport terminal.

Summer Study

Get Ready for Your Summer Intensive With These Packing Tips

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Francesca Dugarte-Jordan poses in a gym in a deep lunge. She is wearing a sports bra, leggings and tennis shoes.

Cross-Training

BalletMet’s Francesca Dugarte-Jordan Doubles as a Personal Trainer and Spin Instructor

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Melissa Gelfin De Poli and her dance partner Cervilio Miguel Amador perform a dramatic pas de deux from the ballet "Romeo and Juliet" onstage. Amador holds Gelfin by the waist with his right arm and her right thigh with his left and drags her back as she swoons backward in a grand battement devant on pointe. She wears a guazy off-white nightgown and he wears a peasant blouse, green tights and brown boots.

Company Life

How to Develop a Safe and Successful Dance Partnership

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Cross-Training

Anna Ol on Learning to Love Conditioning

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The Latest

A Flood Caused Nashville Ballet to Cancel Its Season Opener. But All Is Not Lost.

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Ally Helman, wearing a white turtleneck leotard and skirt, performs a saut de chat center stage with a joyous smile. Behind her, a group if male and females dancers in white unitards perform develeoppé ecarté facing upstage.

Career

Ally Helman Is Dancing, Directing and Creating on Her Own Terms at Ballet Project OC

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Health & Body

7 Eco-Friendly Choices Dancers Can Make to Green Up Their Lifestyles

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