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Extend the Life of Your Summer Intensive Pointe Shoes

Hannah Maria Hayes

A dancer in a brown tank leotard and black skirt holds the barre with her left hand and lifts her right arm in fifth. Other dancers stand behind her at various barres, doing the same pose in écchappé second.

Adult Ballet Students: These 2026 Summer Intensives Are Just for You

Lindsay Martell

In a ballet studio, a teenage girl in a black leotard is shown from the waist up practicing ballet positions at the barre. Two other girls in black leotards stand out of focus behind her.

Your Summer Intensive Audition Day Checklist

Pointe Magazine

In a large dance studio, a class of teenage, female ballet students practe at portable barres. they wear leotards of various solid colors, tights, and ballet slippers, as well as numbers pinned to their midriffs. they stand with their right hand on the barre and extends their left legs in front of them, with their left arm held in second position.

Audition Etiquette: 8 Reminders for the Big Day

Amy Brandt

In a ballet studio, two students fondu devant at the barre as Jeff Rogers stands between them and cues their port de bras.

How to Handle Stressful Audition Moments, From Adagio to Fouettés

Kyra Laubacher

Young ballet students in black leotards and footless tights, do a grand plié in second position and cross their forearms in front of their chests.

Learning New Dance Genres at Your Summer Intensive? Here’s How to Have an Open Mind

Amy Brandt

Three teenage girls take a ballet class in a large dance studio. They are showing from the thigh up doing a tendu derriere effacé at the barre with their arm in second arabesque. They wear black leotards and pink tights.

Managing Homesickness at Your Summer Program

Gavin Larsen

A group of adult dancers in practice clothes listen to a teacher give a correction. Four dancers watch in the background, while the male teacher points to his hip in correcting the female adult student. Another woman marks the exercise to his right.

How to Prep for Your Adult Summer Intensive

Lindsay Martell

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