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Digital Cover Star

Houston Ballet Principal Tyler Donatelli Is Both Powerful and Poetic

Nancy Wozny

Digital Cover Star

Tyler Donatelli

The Houston Ballet Principal Is Both Powerful and Poetic

Audio Articles

Training

Side view of concentrated teenage girl in a long-sleeved black leotard facing the barre during ballet class in sunlit studio. She stands between two older teenage dancers.

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Moving Up a Level? Here’s How to Embrace Challenges and Stay Focused

Katie Slattery

In a brightly lit studio, a class of adult ballet dancers balance in sous-sus with their arms in high fifth. They wear both tight- and loose-fitting practice clothes and flat shoes or socks.

Company Life

Why Kade Pyle Turned Off the Camera as the Dance World Debates Filming in Class

Stav Ziv

In a large indoor ballet studio with a high ceiling and wooden beams, Juan Carlos Penuela teaches a ballet class. He faces the dancers with his back to the mirror as they pose in retiré.

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Are You Gripping Your Quads? Here’s How to Beat the Habit

Kyra Laubacher

In a studio, a group of students pose in first arabesque.

Audition Advice

When Your Summer Intensive Doubles as an Audition

Gavin Larsen

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Career

Career

Chantelle Pianetta’s Unconventional Path to Principal Dancer, Two Decades in the Making

Chantelle Pianetta as told to Avichai Scher

Lanie Jackson crouches in second position and holds Jared Kelly as he leans back into her arms. The dancers look at each other. He wears brown trunks and socks, and she wears taupe trunks, socks and a corset-style top. They perform onstage in front of a mustard-colored backdrop.

Career

Meet Lanie Jackson, the BalletX Artist Who Swing Dances After Hours

Hana Le

Six female dancers in peasant costumes with white blouses, green skirts, and white aprons, pose in a line facing the audience, their feet in sous-sus. They hold the waist of the woman next to them with their left hand and lift their right arm up. Other dancers mill about behind them onstage.

Career

Brandon Ragland Solidifies His Vision at Dayton Ballet

Steve Sucato

A large group of young dancers pose together together smiling.

Career

Life as a Summer Intensive RA

Sierra Hitchcock

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Health & Body

A ballerina in a black v-neck leotard, ivory skirt, black cut-off tights, and skin-tone pointe shoes poses on the floor of a dance studio. Her front leg is bent underneath her and her back leg is stretched out behind her. She is slightly arching back, with her arms over her head. She lifts her chin on a slight diagonal with her eyes closed in a calm expression.

Adult Ballet Students

Dancing Through the Change: How to Cope During the Stages of Menopause

Lindsay Martell

Close up on the back of someone's feet, standing on a white floor. There is a fresh blister on each heel.

Health & Body

Heel Blisters Are the Worst—Here’s How to Deal With Them

Jennifer Heimlich

A close up photo of a woman's left arm holding a free weight against her thigh while strength training at the gym. She wears green leggings.

Cross-Training

How to Make Sure Strength Training Will Pay Off in the Studio

Jennifer Heimlich

A teenage girl eating breakfast in a hurry before leaving for school.

Health & Body

Ask a Dance Dietitian: Why Does My Schedule Affect My Appetite?

Rachel Fine, MS, RD, CSSD, CDN, CEDS-C

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