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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.

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

Caedra Scott-Flaherty for Dance Teacher

A ballet teacher helps a student with her développé à la second at the barre. The dancer wears a purple leotard, pink tights and pointe shoes and holds her arm out to the side as the teacher holds her foot.

Irene Hogarth-Cimino Breaks Down Glissade Assemblé for Elementary to Advanced Levels

Hannah Chang Foster for Dance Teacher

A trio of teen ballet students are shown facing a portable barre, with two on one side and one on the other, doing a demi plié in first position. They wear black leotards, short ballet skirts, pink tights, and pointe shoes. A teacher walks by and other dancers in practice clothes are shown in the background at various barres, doing the same thing.

Are You Using Your Plié Correctly?

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

A dancer creates an arm formation against a black backdrop, with her left hand lifted just above her curved right forearm.

The Expressive Power of Hands

Katie Slattery

Lynne Charles, wearing a white blouse with a white and tan striped sweater vest over it, adjusts the hand of a ballet student at the barre during a class. All of the dancers wear black leotards and pink tights and shoes.

4Pointe Founder Lynne Charles on Her Innovative Training Method for Pointework

Amy Brandt

A ballet teacher works with a teenage female student in pink tights and a pink leotard as she poses in first arabesque. The teacher, wearing a white zip-up sweater and brown warm-up pants, stands behind the dancer and holds her foot in her hand. They work in a dance studio with large windows and white walls.

Mastering Grand Fouetté Arabesque With Nadège Hottier

Amy Brandt

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