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In this black and white photo, Iain Mackay, a ballet teacher, is shown working with a young female student as she poses in first arabesque. He stands behind her and uses his hands to lengthen her leg and front arm. Four other ballet students stand behind them and to their left, watching. The dancers wear pink tights, ballet slippers, leotards and ballet skirts. Mackay is wearing a black T-shirt and black athletic pants.

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A Growing Number of Mentorship Programs Aim to Guide and Support Dancers

April Deocariza

In this black and white photo, a balerina in a knee-length tutu stands at the bottom of a stairwell, holding onto the handrail and looking down at it. She stands in a pool of bright light under an archway, and in the background is another staircase perpendicular to the archway.

Audition Advice

What to Do If You Suspect Your Job Is In Jeopardy

Hannah Foster

Career

Meet ABT’s Claire Davison, Who Moonlights as a Clown

Helen Hope

A ballerina in a red knee-length, Spanish style tutu, pink tights and pointe shoes does a saut de chat with her arms in high fifth. She holds a black fan in her right hand and looks up triumphantly as she jumps. Behind her onstage, six dancers wearing peasant costumes clap their hands up hig as they watch her.

Career

Carlos Acosta’s Vision for Birmingham Royal Ballet Is Big and Bold

Christie Seaver

Close up side view of a pensive young woman sitting near window holding her smartphone and awaiting audition news.

Audition Advice

Audition Advice: How to Deal When a Company Isn’t Getting Back to You

Gavin Larsen

Antonio Casalinho stands in a wide stance and holds Margarita Fernandes by the waist with both hands, looking at her and smiling. She is in retiré with her right leg up, leaning slightly to the left. She wears a green leotard and patterned green and black skirt and pink tights and shoes, and looks at Casalinho with a bright smile, her left arm hanging down at her side and her right hand touching her leftt shoulder. Casalinho is shirtless and wears black tights and black ballet slippers.

Digital Cover Star

António Casalinho and Margarita Fernandes Are Thrilling Audiences at Bayerisches Staatsballett and Beyond

Lucy Van Cleef

Cross-Training

Boost Your Jumps With Plyometrics

Haley Hilton

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Letter From a Teacher: At Ballet Competitions, the Process Is the Prize

Katie Slattery