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How to Make Sure Strength Training Will Pay Off in the Studio

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Ask a Dance Dietitian: Why Does My Schedule Affect My Appetite?

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Onstage, two dancers in purple, white, and gold costumes perform a pas de deux. One dancer does a penché on pointe, holding her partner's hands in front of her, as he lunges in toward her.

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Pool Adagio and Strength Training Are Game Changers for Oklahoma City Ballet’s James Klump

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How Ballet Exercises in the Water Can Benefit Your Technique

Julia Mary Register

Close up of the shoulders and neck of a young woman sweating profusely. She wears a white leotard and her dark hair in a ponytail.

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What Dancers Need to Know About Dehydration

Jennifer Heimlich

Miriam Miller and Peter Walker dance a pas de deux onstage. Miller, wearing a black and white striped leotard with a red waistband and and white tights, does a penché on pointe facing stage left as Walker lunges next to her, holding her waist. Miller put her arm around Walker's shoulder and lefts her right arm up. Walker wears a gray and black unitard.

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Straight Knees in a Hyperextended World

Hannah Chang Foster

Calley Skalnik grins, leaning forward to rest one hand on her front foot as she sits in a split wearing ballet warmups.

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National Ballet of Canada’s Calley Skalnik Works Out to Complement Repertoire

Emma Love Suddarth

Dr. Linda Bluestein stretches out kinesiology tape to apply to a patient's elbow. The patient, arm lifted with a slight bend, looks down at the tape with concentration.

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What Should Ballet Dancers Know About Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes?

Kyra Laubacher

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