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

Jennifer Heimlich

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.

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

April Deocariza

A woman poses in first arabesque outside in a pool.

How Ballet Exercises in the Water Can Benefit Your Technique

Julia Mary Register

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.

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

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