Health & Body

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 teenager looking at a bowl of cereal with an attitude of dislike.

Health & Body

Ask a Dance Dietitian: I’m Not Hungry During the Day, but Starving at Night. Help!

Rachel Fine, MS, RD, CSSD, CDN, CEDS-C

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

In a large ballet studio, two lines of dancers stand on opposite sides of the floor in b-plus, one arm raised in the air to emulate a flamingo's neck and head.

Health

In Pointe Shoes for Hours? Here’s How to Deal With That Nagging Foot Pain.

Jennifer Heimlich

A ballerina is shown from the chest up sitting on floor in studio to rest. She wears a white tutu and looks down at the floor, possibly sad.

Health & Body

5 Cognitive Distortions Potentially Getting in the Way of Your Dancing

Madeleine Purcell Corbett

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

Close-up of a ballerina holding one pointed bare foot propped up next to her other foot, in tights and a pointe shoe, at stage theater

Health & Body

The Biggest Foot-Hygiene Mistakes Ballet Dancers Make—and What to Do Instead

Jennifer Heimlich

Upset and distraught teen girl eating breakfast in the kitchen while her mother is doing chores

Health & Body

Ask a Dance Dietitian: If I’m Dancing Less, Should I Eat Less?

Rachel Fine, MS, RD, CSSD, CDN, CEDS-C