Cross-Training

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.

Cross-Training

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.

Cross-Training

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.

Cross-Training

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

Emma Love Suddarth

A dancer in pink tights and blue leotard in a lunge, with the front leg bent and back leg straight. Both feet are flat on the floor. The background is a green curtain and gray marley floor.

Cross-Training

4 Quick Calf and Ankle Exercises to Prepare for Pointework

Catie Robinson

Angelina Broad faces the mirror as she holds a free weight in both hands, arms bent at the hips for a bicep curl. She wears a green two-piece gym set and wears her hair in a ponytail.

Cross-Training

Yoga Balls, BOSU Balls, and Free Weights: Working Out With Ballet Memphis’ Angelina Broad

Emma Love Suddarth

A female dancer stands in tendu croisé derriere in fondu, arms in front with her wrists gently crossed. She is dressed as a swan queen, in a white pancake tutu and feather headpiece.

Cross-Training

Releasing and Reconditioning With New Jersey Ballet’s SeHyun Jin

Kyra Laubacher

A teenage ballerina on a yoga mat wearing an orange leotard and pink tights pushes herself onto her forearms and extends her legs long behind her.

Cross-Training

4 Serratus Anterior Exercises for a Strong, Supported Upper Body

Amy Brandt

Cross-Training

Open-Water Swimming With San Francisco Ballet’s Jacob Seltzer

Garth Grimball