Cross-Training

During a performance of Swan Lake, Evelyn Robinson, in a black tutu with gold trim and a gold tiara, stands in sus-sous on pointe. She playfully pulls her right hand away from her partner, Oliver Oguma, as he leans slightly forward to kiss it. He wears a black tunic with gold trim and black tights and ballet slippers.

Cross-Training

Charlotte Ballet’s Evelyn Robinson Finds Peace and Strength Through Rock Climbing

Claudia Bauer

Minori Sakita jumps straight up into the air, her ihps and legs facing her left as she twists her upper body to the right. Her legs are in parallel with pointed feet, and the dancer raises her arms up in a V shape as she looks down towards her right. She wears a tan bandeau top and a long burgundy skirt, which billows up around her as she jumps.

Cross-Training

Cross-Training With Cincinnati Ballet’s Minori Sakita

April Deocariza

A female dancer in dark blue leggings and a light blue sports bra lays on a yoga mat and does an isometric core exercises. She bends her right leg in towards her chest and pushes down on it with her left palm while extending her left leg and right arm out.

Cross-Training

Short on Warm-Up Space? Try This Full-Body Workout Before Your Next Class or Audition

Amy Brandt

Yoshiko Kamikusa does a piqué attitude derriere croisé on her left leg during a performance of Swan Lake. She lifts her right arm high and stretches her left arm out to the side. She wears a white classical tutu , pink tights and pointe shoes, and a white feathered headpiece. A line of corps de ballet dancers stdn in a line on stage right, facing upstage with their right foot in B plus and holding their arms low, wrists crossed. Three other dancers stand upstage in tendu derrierre in effacé, their arms also low and crossed. They all wear knee-length white tutus, pink tights and pointe shoes and white feathered headpieces.

Cross-Training

Indianapolis Ballet’s Yoshiko Kamikusa Shares Her Stretching and Strengthening Routine

April Deocariza

Cross-Training

4 Inner-Thigh Exercises for Strength and Endurance

Cory Stieg

During a performance, Cameron McCune stands onstage with his pointed right foot crossed over his left and his arms held down, palms open towards the audience. He wears white tights and ballet slippers and a white toga-like shirt with one sleeve. McCune looks straight ahead towards the audience.

Cross-Training

For ABT’s Cameron McCune, Weight Training Helps Keep His Dancing and Partnering Strong

April Deocariza

Cross-Training

Peak Performance Through Personal Training

April Deocariza

Esmé Quirk, a teenage ballet student, sits on a therapy table with her right leg out in front of her and flexes her foot. Her heel lifts off the ground due to her hyperextended knees. Quirk, who is wearing a blue leotard and pink tights cut off at the thigh, looks down at her leg.

Cross-Training

VIDEO: 3 Exercises to Control Knee Hyperextension

Stephanie Kramer

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