Training

Kellen Hornbuckle, a young ballerina wearing a black leotard and pink tights and slippers, stands at a portable barre in the middle of a large dance studio and does a degagé à la seconde with her right leg. In the background, two of her classmates in the same attire do the same step at the barre against the wall.

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How to Prep If You Want a Trainee or Second Company Spot Next Year

Hannah Chang Foster

A group of dancers in graduation caps and gowns cluster together on a small staircase, posing and smiling triumphantly.

Career

How to Attend College While Dancing Professionally

Chava Lansky For Dance Magazine

A woman's hand is shown holding a pointe shoe, pulling back the back of it to expose the shank. A red box cutter and pair of scissors lie to the right of her hand on a gray dance studio floor.

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How to Three-Quarter-Shank Pointe Shoes

Katie Slattery

Clifford Williams, Daniel Ulbricht, Chyrstyn Fentroy, and Amy Brandt sit in a semicircle. Williams holds a microphone and the others watch him speak.

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Watch: Pointe Live Classes & Conversations 2024 With Daniel Ulbricht, Chyrstyn Mariah Fentroy, and Clifford Williams

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Chyrstyn Fentroy smiles at the front of a studio of dancers.

News

A Recap of Pointe Live Classes & Conversations 2024: Ballet at Its Best

Catie Robinson

A male and female ballet student practice finger turns in a large dance studio. Their teacher, wearing a black t-shirt, workout pants, and sneakers, kneels on the ground next to them and points to the female dancer's retiré position on pointe. The girl wears a light-blue leotard, white practice tutu, pink tights and pointe shoes, while her partner wears a white t-shirt, gray tights, and white socks and ballet slippers.

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Mastering Finger Turns With Christopher Budzynski

Amy Brandt

A teenage female ballet student wearing a black leotard and pink tights is shown from the chest up, sitting on the ground with her knees tucked up and her arms wrapped around them. She looks down at the floor as two other teenage female dancers, blurred and sitting in the background, gossip and whisper to each other.

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Personality Clashes at Your Summer Program? Here’s How to Handle Them

Gavin Larsen

In a large ballet studio, six male ballet students in their late teens and early 20s are shown in two staggered lines practicing attitude derriere croisé with their left leg up. They all wear black t-shirts and tights, white socks and white ballet slippers.

Higher Ed

Inside K-Arts, the Prestigious South Korean School Producing Major Ballet Stars

Amy Brandt