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Career

For Dutch National Ballet Principal Constantine Allen, Success Lies in Hard, Honest Work

Emma Love Suddarth

Career

How Ballet West’s Loren Walton Returned to Dance After a Life-Threatening Medical Emergency

Sophie Bress

Indiana Woodward performs onstage as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. She is shown from the thigh up wearing a pink tutu with rosette embellishments on the bodice and tutu and puffy sleevelets on her upper arms. She neds her body slightly to her right and looks over her right shoulder, smiling brightly, and opens her arms generously, curving them up at the elbow.

Career

How to Develop Authentic Onstage Facial Expressions

Haley Hilton

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