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A teen girl bites her fingernails as she anxiously looks at her laptop.

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Ask Amy: My Summer Intensive Decision Is Stressing Me Out!

Amy Brandt

Andrea Yorita is shown jumping in front of a bright pink backdrop. She kicks her right leg back and tucks her left leg underneath her as she arches her upper body back and looks towards the camera with a smile. Her arms are flung back and her long dark hair flies up in reaction to the jump. She wears a black strapless corset, black shorts and pointe shoes.

Career

“The Options Became Endless”: BalletX’s Andrea Yorita on How College Opened Her Eyes to Contemporary Ballet

Emma Love Suddarth

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Mastering Ballonné With Kiyon Ross

Katie Slattery

Bathed in blue light, Shale Wagman performs onstage wearing a blue unitard. He poses in a large fourth position croisé with his left leg in front. He raises his curved right arm up and looks toward his hand and reaches his left arm to the side, slightly higher than his shoulder.

Career

Bayerisches Staatsballett’s Shale Wagman on Resilience Through Injury and the Pursuit of Excellence

Emily May

Dancer Spotlight

Ballet Is Illegal in Iran. Tara Ghassemieh Is Fighting Back Through Her Dancing

Avichai Scher

During a performances of The Nutcracker, a lead ballerina stands in B plus encircled by a corps de ballet of dancers in long, orange and pink tutus. Four of the dancers kneel on the ground, while the others stand in tendu devant croisé. All hold their arms in high fifth and lean their upper bodies out away from the circle. The soloist wears a short green dance dress and crown and crosses her arms in front of her with her palms up.

Career

Why Some Companies Are Rethinking Pink Tights and Shoes for the Corps de Ballet

Monica Stephenson

Eleven teenage male ballet students stand at the barre against a wall of windows in a dance studio. They all pose in fifth position with their left hand on the barre and their right arm en haut, their heads looking out towards their right. They all wear white T-shirts tucked into black tights, as well as black ballet slippers.

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Are You Prepared for Summer Intensive Auditions? Here Are Some Go-To Tips

Katie Slattery

In a sunny studio, Asahi Hagihara poses in an attitude derriere as Stacey Calvert stands behind him and holds raised his left leg. Hagihara wears a white T-shirt, black tights and black ballet slippers, while Calvert wears dark exercise pants, black shoes and light, V-neck shirt.

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Mastering Attitude Pirouettes En Dedans With Stacey Calvert

Julia McColligan

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