Training

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

A pile of variously colored pointe shoes.

Pointe+

Extend the Life of Your Summer Intensive Pointe Shoes

Hannah Maria Hayes

Career

How to Refresh Your Dance Wardrobe for Summer

Catie Robinson

Miriam Miller and Peter Walker dance a pas de deux onstage. Miller, wearing a black and white striped leotard with a red waistband and and white tights, does a penché on pointe facing stage left as Walker lunges next to her, holding her waist. Miller put her arm around Walker's shoulder and lefts her right arm up. Walker wears a gray and black unitard.

Cross-Training

Straight Knees in a Hyperextended World

Hannah Chang Foster

A collage of three photos. The one on the lefet shows Diana Byer teaching a young woman as she executes a tendu derriere. The middle photos shows her helping a young girl in a red leotard at the barre in first position; the photo on the right shows her next to a young male dancer as they both do a tendu devant in croisé.

News

Diana Byer Is Bringing Back Ballet’s Long-Lost Steps With “Teaching Cecchetti”

Caedra Scott-Flaherty for Dance Teacher

A large group of teenage ballet dancers in various costumes take a bow onstage.

Pointe+

Behind the Scenes of YAGP’s 2026 International Dance School Festival

Caedra Scott-Flaherty