Training

A teenage female ballet dancer is shown from the back in a dance studio doing a devéloppé in croisé devant on pointe. She wears a black leotard and pink tights and faces a dance instructor, who coaches her.

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Working With a Coach for the First Time? Here’s How to Make the Most of It

Gavin Larsen

Two male dancers, one is a rat costume and the other dressed as a Nutcracker, lunge towards each other with swords in front of a black and red backdrop.

Career

Costume Drama: How to Breeze Through a Stressful Quick Change

Amy Brandt

Kimbrough, a Black ballerina, stands en pointe in a dance studio, wearing a blue leotard, black tights, a white tutu and nude pointe shoes.

Higher Ed

Handling the Challenges of College as a Pre-Pro Ballet Student

Catie Robinson

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In a large, industrial-looking dance studio, Isabella McGuire Mayes squats down and holds the ankles of an adult ballet student as she sits up tall, bends her knees up and poins her toes. They both wear dance clothing and are surrounded by other dancers doing the same exercise.

Career

Isabella McGuire Mayes, Founder of Ballet With Isabella, on Finding Her Purpose

Amy Brandt

A boy and girl in dance clothing are shown from behind. They lean their faces against a barre and look at a phone propped up in front of them, where two ballet teachers talk to them.

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Online Dance Training Is Here to Stay, But the Purpose Has Changed Post-Pandemic

Jennifer Heimlich

A teenage male ballet student wearing black tights over a bright blue leotard does a brisé volé in a dance studio.

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Breaking Down Brisé Volé With Philip Neal

Katie Slattery

A young female ballet teacher instructs a class of little girls in practice clothes as they sit on the floor in the butterfly stretch. She adjusts the back of one young dancer.

Career

How Studying Pedagogy Can Lift Your Dancing and Your Career

Katherine Beard