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Ballet Student Jessica Wang Makes Tiaras Her Business

Catie Robinson for Dance Spirit

A large group of ballet students wearing white t-shirts and black tights and slippers pose for a photo. They pose close together in four staggered lines, with the first line kneeling on their left knee and the others standing behind them.

Onstage

As Boys Ballet Summer Intensive Celebrates 10 Years, Co-Founder Patrick Frenette Wants Young Men to Know They Belong

Lucy Spencer Mason

In a brightly lit studio, a class of adult ballet dancers balance in sous-sus with their arms in high fifth. They wear both tight- and loose-fitting practice clothes and flat shoes or socks.

Company Life

Why Kade Pyle Turned Off the Camera as the Dance World Debates Filming in Class

Stav Ziv

A large group of young dancers pose together together smiling.

Career

Life as a Summer Intensive RA

Sierra Hitchcock

In a large indoor ballet studio with a high ceiling and wooden beams, Juan Carlos Penuela teaches a ballet class. He faces the dancers with his back to the mirror as they pose in retiré.

Pointe+

Are You Gripping Your Quads? Here’s How to Beat the Habit

Kyra Laubacher

In a studio, a group of students pose in first arabesque.

Audition Advice

When Your Summer Intensive Doubles as an Audition

Gavin Larsen

Close up of the shoulders and neck of a young woman sweating profusely. She wears a white leotard and her dark hair in a ponytail.

Health & Body

What Dancers Need to Know About Dehydration

Jennifer Heimlich

Dancers wearing black leotards and black skirts stand attentively in a studio.

Pointe+

How to Adjust From Your Small Studio to a Big Summer Intensive

Rebecca Corey

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