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Help! I Can’t Get on Top of My Pointe Shoe Box.

Gavin Larsen

In black-and-white, Hannah Martin is shown in a 180-degree penché en pointe against a white background, casting a defined shadow. She wears a white tutu and a black long-sleeved leotard. Martin casually props her elbow up on a white rectangular box, resting her head on the back of her hand, which she curls into a loose fist. Her other arm rests on the prop in front of her. Her hair is down and she looks calmly into the camera.

Strength, Stretching, and Reformer Work: Working Out With Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Hannah Martin

Cory Stieg

A ballerina in a black v-neck leotard, ivory skirt, black cut-off tights, and skin-tone pointe shoes poses on the floor of a dance studio. Her front leg is bent underneath her and her back leg is stretched out behind her. She is slightly arching back, with her arms over her head. She lifts her chin on a slight diagonal with her eyes closed in a calm expression.

Dancing Through the Change: How to Cope During the Stages of Menopause

Lindsay Martell

A close up photo of a woman's left arm holding a free weight against her thigh while strength training at the gym. She wears green leggings.

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

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