Stephanie Kramer

A female ballet dancer, shown with her back to the camera, poses with her arms up in a swan port de bras position. She wears a long-sleeved white leotard and a white pancake tutu.

Health & Body

How Threatening Is a Back Fracture to Your Ballet Career?

Stephanie Kramer

Platters and bowls of plant-based foods are shown from above on a white-washed table. They include salads, vegetarian sandwiches, and dips.

Health & Body

Considering Going Vegan? Here’s What Dancers Should Know

Stephanie Kramer

Esmé Quirk, a teenage ballet student, sits on a therapy table with her right leg out in front of her and flexes her foot. Her heel lifts off the ground due to her hyperextended knees. Quirk, who is wearing a blue leotard and pink tights cut off at the thigh, looks down at her leg.

Cross-Training

Three Exercises to Control Knee Hyperextension

Stephanie Kramer

A female dancer with hyperextended knees is shown from the hips down posed in sus-sous croisé on pointe, framed by a large window. She wears a black leotard, pink tights and pink pointe shoes.

Health & Body

Managing Hyperextended Knees: How to Work Smart, Build Strength and Avoid Injury

Stephanie Kramer

John Neumeier, wearing a white blouse and pants, black tie and black shoes, stands upstage center and looks over his right shoulder. A large company of dancers surround him, all pairs of men and women. The men lunge to their left and hold the women by the waist as the ballerinas lean back into their arms, their legs in sus-sous. The men wear red unitards and tan ballet slippers, while the women wear short red dance dresses, pink tights and pointe shoes.

News

John Neumeier Celebrates His 50th Anniversary at Hamburg Ballet

Stephanie Kramer