Health & Body

Close up of the shoulders and neck of a young woman sweating profusely. She wears a white leotard and her dark hair in a ponytail.

Health & Body

What Dancers Need to Know About Dehydration

Jennifer Heimlich

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.

Cross-Training

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.

Cross-Training

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

Emma Love Suddarth

Dr. Linda Bluestein stretches out kinesiology tape to apply to a patient's elbow. The patient, arm lifted with a slight bend, looks down at the tape with concentration.

Health & Body

What Should Ballet Dancers Know About Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes?

Kyra Laubacher

A ballerina sitting on the floor of the studio, head down, resting after practice, near the ballet barre.

Health & Body

What Dancers, Teachers, and Directors Need to Know About Concussions

Hana Le

A low angle view of a ballerina warming up on the studio floor.

Health & Body

Are You Actually Warm? The Anatomy of a Proper Ballet Warm-Up

Kyra Laubacher

A photo collage showing two headshots side by side. The one on the left shows a man in a red and white checkered shirt with dark hair and a slight beard, turning slightly over his right shoulder and smiling. The photo on the right shows a man with reddish hair in a black collared shirt, directly facing the camera and smiling.

Health & Body

Pointe+ Members: You’re Invited to DT+ Teacher Talk: “Safe Stretching Practices”

Pointe Magazine

Onstage, two dancers in practice clothes have a tense conversation. One sits cross-legged on the floor and the other sits on a piano bench.

Audition Advice

Friend or Foe?: What to Do When Your Peers’ Behavior Changes Around Auditions

Kyra Laubacher