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A teenage male ballet student is shown from the knees up in a large, brightly lit dance studio. He stands in fifth position with his arms en bas, and wears a white V-neck T-shirt and black tights. He looks into the mirror with focus.

Pointe+

Your Summer Intensive Just Ended. Here’s How to Readjust and Get Ready for Fall.

Hannah Foster

A large cast of dancers poses during a performance of Nutcracker. A ballerina portraying the Sugar Plum Fairy and her male partner stand center stage—he holds her waist as she stands facing him on pointe and does a deep backbend with her left leg in passé. She wears a pink tutu, brown tights and brown pointe shoes, while he wears white tights and slippers, and a white tunic. A male and female dancer sit in gilded chairs upstage center, while other dancers in various costumes frame the Sugar Plum Fairy and her cavalier in a V shape formation, posed in B plus.

Career

Ballet Memphis Artistic Director Steven McMahon Looks for Dancers With Individuality and a Collaborative Spirit

Steve Sucato

In this black and white photo, Sara Mearns and Guillaume Côté rehearse a scene from the ballet Romeo and Juliet in a large, brightly lit dance studio. Mearns, in a light colored leotard and cut-off pink tights, sits on a piano bench and huddles over Côté as he embraces her passionately and lays his head in her lap. Côté wears a dark T-shirt and black tights.

Career

Saying Goodbye to a Role: Guillaume Côté Reflects on His Last Romeo

Guillaume Côté As Told To Gavin Larsen

Career

Inside Christine Shevchenko’s Dance Bag

Lydia Murray

Amber Scott and Adam Bull dance a pas de deux onstage in front of abstract black and white sets. Bull holds her around the waist with his left arm as she does a low arabesque, pushing over her pointe shoe and thrusting her hips forward. They both left their right arms high, her hand draped over his forearm, and look up towards it. Scott wears a short white dress and Bull wears wide-legged white pants and a white tank top.

Career

Australian Ballet’s Amber Scott Shares Her Most Challenging Role—and the One That Taught Her Most About Herself

Leila Lois

Leigh Anne Albrechta wears a gray sports bra and black leggings and does a yoga pose on a wooden floor. She balances on her right know and extends her left leg out while holding her right heel with her right hand and reaching back with her left arm and upper body.

Cross-Training

How Louisville Ballet’s Leigh Anne Albrechta Uses Yoga to Care for Her Mind and Body

April Deocariza

A cropped photo of a woman, shown close up, eating a bowl of oat and fruit cereal for breakfast.

Health & Body

Ask a Dance Dietitian: How Do I Include Cereal as Part of a Filling Meal?

Rachel Fine, MS, RD, CDN, CEDS

Sarah Lapointe performs onstage in a purple tutu and crown. She smiles and stands in sus-sous on pointe with her right foot front and her arms lifted up into a V shape. Behind her the stage is dark and lit in purple, with a warm spotlight on a dancer as Sleeping Beauty lying down on a bed in the background. Two clusters of dancers sit on the floor as if asleep.

Career

From Dancer to Physical Therapist: A Future and an Established PT Discuss This Common Career Transition

Kirsten Evans