Pointe+

Cross-Training

Full-Body Strength Exercises for Pre-Pointe Dancers

Kendall Baab, MSc, BA, CPT

SunMi Park sits on the floor in front of a yellow backdrop. She tucks her left leg in and extends her bent right leg out to the side, resting her right hand on her calf. She wears an off-white and blue tie-died, long-sleeved leotard and tan pointe shoes, and looks directly front with a joyful smile, her long hair blowing in the breeze.

Digital Cover Star

The Quiet Intensity of ABT’s SunMi Park

Marina Harss

A ballet dancer works at the barre in the studio. She stands in first position with her left arm on the barre and her left arm raised slightly in second, as if about to plié. Her reflection can be seen in the studio mirror.

Pointe+

How to Find Motivation When You Realize You Need More Advanced Training

Gavin Larsen

Pointe+

Breaking Down the Cecchetti Method’s Full Contretemps

Natalia Boesch

A teenage dancer in a red leotard and wearing the number 191 pinned to her torso does a développé à la seconde at the barrer with her arm in second position. Maurice Brandond Curry, wearing a black polo shirt and black pants, stands in front of her and points to her calf as he gives a acorrection. Other male and females dancers stand around them at the barres and watch.

Audition Advice

The Crucial Differences Between a Company and School Audition

Amy Brandt

Victoria Jaiani does a large sissone with her left leg in attitude, splitting her legs and arching her upper body back with her arms in fifth position, almost kicking her head. She wears a red SPanish style dress with a knee legnth skirt and tan pointe shoes. Behind her is the set of a town square, and other dancers in various Spanish-style peasant costumes stand a watch her.

Career

Why Joffrey Ballet’s Victoria Jaiani Embraces Change, Challenges, and Living in the Moment

Emma Love Suddarth

Ilaria Guerra, barefoot and wearing a short brown dance dress and her hair long, jumps up and tucks her right leg slightly underneath her. She bends her upper body forward slightly and extends her curved arms out in front of her, partially covering her face.

Career

Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Ilaria Guerra Shares Her Typical Daily Routine

Linnea Swarting

Jurgita Dronina, in a black feathered tutu as Odile, is photographed in the air mid-leap, her right leg extended in second and her left leg bent under her torso.

Cross-Training

How Weight Training Helped Jurgita Dronina Get Stronger After Injury

April Deocariza

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