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The Washington Ballet’s Felecia Baker Uses Gyrotonic for Mobility and Stability

The Washington Ballet’s Felecia Baker Uses Gyrotonic for Mobility and Stability

by Emma Love Suddarth | Sep 3, 2025 | Cross-Training, Health & Body, Pointe+

“Fitness is my passion,” says Felecia Baker. The Washington Ballet dancer, who plans to continue fitness training as her career after ballet, has achieved multiple certifications and works as an instructor in numerous forms of cross-training, including Gyrotonic....
Short on Warm-Up Space? Try This Full-Body Workout Before Your Next Class or Audition

Short on Warm-Up Space? Try This Full-Body Workout Before Your Next Class or Audition

by Amy Brandt | Mar 27, 2024 | Cross-Training, Health & Body, Pointe+

We’ve all been in those situations before an important audition or performance—a crowded hallway, a cramped dressing room. It’s not always easy to prep your body for what’s to come when you’ve got a small space to work within. Integrative movement coach Bennalldra...
How Boston Ballet Principal Derek
   Dunn
  Retrained His Body With Gyrotonic

How Boston Ballet Principal Derek Dunn Retrained His Body With Gyrotonic

by Madeline Schrock | Jun 25, 2019 | Cross-Training, Profiles

A new way of working: Derek Dunn may be known for his explosive jumps and strings of pirouettes, but the powerhouse dancer admits that he wasn’t always working inthe smartest way. When he developed hip issues last year, he was forced to shift from “giving...
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