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Onstage, Tiit Helimets lunges forward while holding Ommi P. Leffler upside-down, using one arm to hold one of her ankles as his other extends forward. Leffler wraps both arms around Helimet's waist, her head by his back thigh, as she extends one leg vertical and one behind, with a slight bend.

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Tiit Helimets Steps Into Artistic Leadership at Sacramento Ballet

Garth Grimball

Penny Saunders leads Jane Mumford in a rehearsal demonstration at the Aspen Art Museum. They dance under a roofed outdoor pavilion as onlookers sit and watch.

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Take Me Home, Country Roads: DanceAspen’s CRESCENDO Celebrates Community and Music

Kyra Laubacher

A close-up of a ballet costume tiara with white, amber, and light pink gems.

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Ballet Student Jessica Wang Makes Tiaras Her Business

Catie Robinson for Dance Spirit

A large group of ballet students wearing white t-shirts and black tights and slippers pose for a photo. They pose close together in four staggered lines, with the first line kneeling on their left knee and the others standing behind them.

Onstage

As Boys Ballet Summer Intensive Celebrates 10 Years, Co-Founder Patrick Frenette Wants Young Men to Know They Belong

Lucy Spencer Mason

Adult Ballet Students

This August: Pointe Live Classes & Conversations for Adults in NYC

Pointe Magazine

Two photos side-by-side show SunMi Park (left) and Jarod Curley (right) lifting their arms at a curtain call celebrating their promotions. Park wears a white pancake tutu with feathers and a feathered headpiece, and Curley wears white tights and a brown velvet vest over a light-colored tunic. Other dancers and applaud them from behind.

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Your August 2026 Roster Roundup: Dancers and Directors on the Move

Kyra Laubacher and Lucy Spencer Mason

Four female dancers in white leotards, white tights, and white slippers do an arabesque facing stage left in a staggered line. They bend their supporting knee, pressing over their standing foot, and hodl their arms up in a V shape, fists clenched.

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San Francisco Ballet Returns to Jacob’s Pillow After 70 Years

Lucy Spencer Mason

Misty Copeland stands with her arms crossed confidently and gives a sly smile as she poses for a portrait in front of a dark gray backdrop.

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Curating for The Joyce Theater, Misty Copeland Envisions Ballet’s Future

Kyra Laubacher