Health & Body

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 ballerina lying down, thinking, on a stage floor. She wears a bright blue pancake tutu and a beige leotard.

Career

How Social Cues in Ballet Can Affect Perfectionism

Kyra Laubacher

A weary ballet dancer slumps over a piano in a dance studio, her right hand holding a near-empty water bottle.

Health & Body

What You Need to Know About Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (RED-S)

Katie Slattery

In a large ballet studio, dancers do an adagio combination with legs held in a la seconde, arms in second position. One dancer in the middle wears a blue shirt that says "Athletico Physical Therapy."

Health

What Ballet Dancers Need to Know About Surgery

Kyra Laubacher

Five ballet dancers in practice clothes stand close to a mirror in fifth position and look at their reflections.

Health & Body

Body Image, Revisited: What’s Changed Since Pointe’s Spring 2000 Issue?

Amy Brandt

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

A group of dancers performing on stage stand enacting a scene at a dinner table. They wear vintage inspired costumes with the three men in suits and four women in dresses. They all raise a glass towards the center of the table.

Company Life

Ballet and Addiction: 2 Industry Leaders Share Their Journeys to Sobriety

Linnea Swarting

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

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