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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.

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

Emma Love Suddarth

Two photos laid side-by-side showing Lydia Marbach doing Pilates on a reformer. On the left, she does Pilates lunge with one foot on the footbar and the other knee on the carriage. She rests her fingertips on the footbar and reaches up with a long spine. On the right, she does a standing split with one foot on the footbar, leg bent, and the other foot on demi pointe on the carousel. She stands tall, arms held out straight to the sides.

Rochester City Ballet’s Lydia Marbach’s Favorite Pilates Exercises for Dancers

Kyra Laubacher

Onstage in stark lighting, Precious Adams does a leaning retiré en pointe, arms extended on the diagonals in a wide tilted "V." She wears a teal leotard and black tights.

How Running Helps Precious Adams With Endurance and Jumping

April Deocariza

The Interconnected History of Pilates and Ballet

Catie Robinson

Onstage, Felecia Baker poses in sous-sus on pointe in a white, ruffly tutu with lace details, arms in high fifth. Around her, corps dancers dressed in cherry blossom dresses pose for a final tableau.

The Washington Ballet’s Felecia Baker Uses Gyrotonic for Mobility and Stability

Emma Love Suddarth

A young Black female dancer in a black leotard with pink trim looks at the smart watch on her right wrist. She holds a blue water bottle in her right hand.

How Wearable Tech Can Enhance the Way Dancers Train

Tim Podesta

Jonathan Harris and Elizabeth Kanning do a triumphant fish pose at the end of a pas de deux, Harris lunging as Kanning uses her legs to wrap around his waist and support her weight as she arches up, her top arm parallel to the floor as she does a high third port de bras. Harris extends his arms to the sides. They wear bright pink and purple costumes with gold details.

Cycling Helps Ballet Idaho’s Jonathan Harris Push Through the Tough Efforts

Emma Love Suddarth

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