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António Casalinho and Margarita Fernandes Are Thrilling Audiences at Bayerisches Staatsballett and Beyond

Lucy Van Cleef

Antonio Casalinho stands in a wide stance and holds Margarita Fernandes by the waist with his right hand, looking down at her and smiling. She faces slightly in to him, leaning slightly back into his hand as she presses over her left foot on pointe and extends her right leg out in croisé. She wears a green leotard and patterned green and black skirt and pink tights and shoes, and looks toward the camer with a bright smile, her arms down at her sides. Casalinho is shirtless and wears black tights and black ballet slippers.

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Margarita Fernandes and António Casalinho

António Casalinho And Margarita Fernandes Are Thrilling Audiences At Bayerisches Staatsballett And Beyond

Training

In this black and white photo, Iain Mackay, a ballet teacher, is shown working with a young female student as she poses in first arabesque. He stands behind her and uses his hands to lengthen her leg and front arm. Four other ballet students stand behind them and to their left, watching. The dancers wear pink tights, ballet slippers, leotards and ballet skirts. Mackay is wearing a black T-shirt and black athletic pants.

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A Growing Number of Mentorship Programs Aim to Guide and Support Dancers

April Deocariza

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Letter From a Teacher: At Ballet Competitions, the Process Is the Prize

Katie Slattery

A teen girl bites her fingernails as she anxiously looks at her laptop.

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Ask Amy: My Summer Intensive Decision Is Stressing Me Out!

Amy Brandt

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Mastering Ballonné With Kiyon Ross

Katie Slattery

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Career

Inside Ye Feifei’s Dance Bag

Lydia Murray

In this black and white photo, a balerina in a knee-length tutu stands at the bottom of a stairwell, holding onto the handrail and looking down at it. She stands in a pool of bright light under an archway, and in the background is another staircase perpendicular to the archway.

Audition Advice

What to Do If You Suspect Your Job Is In Jeopardy

Hannah Foster

Career

Meet ABT’s Claire Davison, Who Moonlights as a Clown

Helen Hope

A ballerina in a red knee-length, Spanish style tutu, pink tights and pointe shoes does a saut de chat with her arms in high fifth. She holds a black fan in her right hand and looks up triumphantly as she jumps. Behind her onstage, six dancers wearing peasant costumes clap their hands up hig as they watch her.

Career

Carlos Acosta’s Vision for Birmingham Royal Ballet Is Big and Bold

Christie Seaver

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Health & Body

A photo of two bare feet with bunions on a wood floor.

Health & Body

Bunions 101: A Bunhead’s Guide to the Common Foot Issue

Cory Stieg

Cross-Training

Boost Your Jumps With Plyometrics

Haley Hilton

Teen girl with long, dark hair smiling while having a bite of cake and a hot beverage in a café.

Health & Body

Ask the Dietitian: Is Willpower the Answer to Dealing With Sugar Cravings?

Rachel Fine, MS, RD, CSSD

Sirui Liu and Joshua Stayton perform the grand pas de deux from The Nutcracker onstage. Liu poses in an attitude derriere on pointe, leaning off of her right leg and bending her upper body to the right as Stayton holds her waist with his right hand. She ewars a purple tutu, pink tights, pointe shoes and a tiara, while Stayton wears a white top with lacy collar, a red sash, red knee-length knickers and white tights.

Company Life

“Nutcracker” Tips for Surviving Double-Show Days

April Deocariza

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António Casalinho and Margarita Fernandes Are Thrilling Audiences at Bayerisches Staatsballett and Beyond

Margarita Fernandes and António Casalinho

Training

A Growing Number of Mentorship Programs Aim to Guide and Support Dancers

Letter From a Teacher: At Ballet Competitions, the Process Is the Prize

Ask Amy: My Summer Intensive Decision Is Stressing Me Out!

Mastering Ballonné With Kiyon Ross

Career

Inside Ye Feifei’s Dance Bag

What to Do If You Suspect Your Job Is In Jeopardy

Meet ABT’s Claire Davison, Who Moonlights as a Clown

Carlos Acosta’s Vision for Birmingham Royal Ballet Is Big and Bold

Health & Body

Bunions 101: A Bunhead’s Guide to the Common Foot Issue

Boost Your Jumps With Plyometrics

Ask the Dietitian: Is Willpower the Answer to Dealing With Sugar Cravings?

“Nutcracker” Tips for Surviving Double-Show Days

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