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Sirui Liu and Joshua Stayton perform the grand pas de deux from The Nutcracker onstage. Liu poses in an attitude derriere on pointe, leaning off of her right leg and bending her upper body to the right as Stayton holds her waist with his right hand. She ewars a purple tutu, pink tights, pointe shoes and a tiara, while Stayton wears a white top with lacy collar, a red sash, red knee-length knickers and white tights.

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Nutcracker Tips for Surviving Double-Show Days

April Deocariza

Susan Jaffe, on stage right, and Kevin McKenzie, to her left, stand onstage in front of a black curtain holding speech notes and with microphones attached to an earpiece on their right ears. Jaffe wears a long black velvet dress with a pattern of blue, purple and gold flowers. McKenzie wears a black sport coat and pants and gray buttong down shirt.

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Passing ABT’s Torch: A Conversation With Susan Jaffe and Kevin McKenzie

Claudia Bauer

Yuriko Kajiya does a first arabesque with her left leg up during a performance of Swan Lake. She wears a white tutu and white-feathered headpiece, pink tights and pink pointe shoes. Her eyes are downcast, and she lifts her right arm up high, near her right ear, Behind her is a blue backdrop with the black silhouettes of trees.

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Transitioning Up: 3 Dancers Who Risked Major Career Moves, and Thrived

As Told To Barry Kerollis

Lauren Strenoos, in a short, white dance dress, pink tights and pointe shoes, poses center stage in a fourth position on pointe, her arms in a wide V-shape. A line of corps women are on either side of her in a tendu derriere, with their inside leg in plié. They wear brightly colored, Spanish-style long tutus and pointe shoes. The two closest to Strenoos hold on to her wrists.

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Cleveland Ballet: A Familiar Name Is On The Rise Again

Steve Sucato

Maria Kowroski, wearing a black top and black pants, stands in the middle of a dance studio. She smiles and looks down at a pad of white paper. Behind her, dancers are reflected in the mirror, talking casually, while a female dancer walks toward the mirror and bends toward the floor.

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Maria Kowroski Gets Down to Work at New Jersey Ballet

Marina Harss

During a performance of Swan Lake, a principal ballerina poses downstage center in an attitude derriere with her arms pressed back, partnered by a male danseur who stands with his left leg in tendu and his right hand around ehr waist. Splitting them on both sides is a corps of women in a shallow V-shape, standing tendu derriere with their arms in a low first arabesque. The women on stage right have their right leg back, those on stage left ahve their left leg back. All the ballerinas wear white tutus, tights and pointe shoes with feathered headpieces. The male danseur wears white tights and a white top.

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Estonian National Ballet: The Bustling Baltic Company Reflects a Mix of Cultures

Christie Seaver

Two lines of corps de ballet dancers pose in front of a backdrop upstage. The back line stands on their right foot with their left foot in B plus and hold their arms in high fifth position. The front line kneels on their left knee with their arms in demi-second. They all wear gold classical tutus and elaborate tiaras, pink tights and pointe shoes.

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Let’s Hear It for the Corps: 5 Reasons to Love the Corps de Ballet

Alex Marshall Hatch

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.

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Melissa Barak Shares Her Plans for Los Angeles Ballet

Linnea Swarting