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Melissa Gelfin De-Poli and Rafael Quenedit perform onstage in front of a black backdrop. Quenedit kneels down onto his right knee and holds Gelfin De-Poli around the waist as she wraps her arm around his left shoulder and leans back over his left thigh. They wear long-sleeved shirts and pants; Gelfin De-Poli's are orange and Quenedit's are dark blue.

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A Conversation With Jodie Gates: The Cincinnati Ballet Director’s Vision Comes Into Focus

Steve Sucato

Jahna Frantziskonis, in a multi-colored gray, yellow and white leotard and pointe shoes, performs onstage and poses in a dramatic tendu devant croisé with her right leg in plié. Her right arm reaches straight up and her left arm stretches directly side, with fingers splayed. Frantziskonis looks directly side towards stage right.

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Changing Course: How the Pandemic Altered 5 Dancers’ Career Paths, With and Without Ballet

Emma Love Suddarth

Courtney Holland, costumed in a bright blue unitard under a sheer, loose gown, performs an attitude derriere croisé with her left leg back and her amrs floating out to the side. She dances on a blue-lit stage in front of a blue backdrop.

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How 3 Choreographers Revamped Their Pandemic Dance Films for Live Performances

Kyra Laubacher

Ethan Price lunges on his left leg and pulls Jillian Barrell's left flexed foot as she stretches in arabesque with her arms reaching out high with fingers splayed. She wears a light blue leotard, dark blue bootie shorts and socks while Price wears dark blue pants and socks.

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Location, Location, Location: 5 Dancers on Negotiating Career Goals With Where They Live

Maggie Small

Alejandro Cerrudo, wearing a black T-shirt, is shown from the waist up, standing onstage and holding a notepad and pen. He looks towards someone off-camera. In the foreground are two women slightly out of focus.

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Alejandro Cerrudo, Charlotte Ballet’s New Artistic Director, Talks About His Vision for the Company

Steve Sucato

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Letting Their Hair Down: 4 Dancers on the Waltz Girl’s Signature Moment in “Serenade”

Leigh Witchel

Daphne Lee wears a purple long-sleeved leotard and black headband and poses in front of a gray backdrop. She bends forward at the waist, wrapping her left arm around her stomach, touches her left cheek with her right hand, and looks directly at the camera. Her hair is braided and pinned up to crown the top of her head.

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Why We Need to Diversify Hair in Ballet

Lauryn Hayes

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.

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How to Develop a Safe and Successful Dance Partnership

Linnea Swarting