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Bright Burning Stars offers a fascinating and dramatic view of the world of young ballet dancers
How far would you go to make your wildest dreams come true? Bright Burning Stars, the debut from Pittsburgh author, A.K. Small, examines the risks...
What Male Ballet Dancers Can Teach You About Being A Great Partner
And what it means to be a man in an industry that so many people associate with femininity.
What does it feel like to ... be a ballet dancer
Are ballet dancers athletes?
A ballerina is a girl who floats around a stage wearing a white tutu looking pretty. How can that effort compare to an athlete? Well, I beg to differ.
How a Group of Gay Male Ballet Dancers Is Rethinking Masculinity
These men are finding new stages on which to express their queerness, collapsing gender barriers in the world of dance.
Raising the barre: how science is saving ballet dancers
Could new science and high-tech training protect dancers from the injuries that end so many of their careers far too early? Mark Bailey investigates
The 12 worst things about being a ballet dancer
Being a ballet dancer means a life of intense competition, sewing and, occasionally, extreme face-planting. Dancers, here are the worst things about being you.
13 Things Former Ballet Dancers Will Understand
How do ballet dancers keep fit?
It takes a lot of work to do the splits mid-air so how does the Royal Ballet keep its dancers 'en pointe'?
How to Find Your Purpose—and Your Power—as a Ballet Dancer
Nurturing a unique sense of purpose can help dancers develop a healthy resilience to external judgment and self-criticism.
3 Things Actors Can Learn From Ballet Dancers
Though it might seem different, there's plenty for actors to learn from ballet dancers at the top of their game.
What Age Should Your Child Start Ballet Dancing?
As a parent, you want your child to have a good experience during their ballet dancing lessons, so you don’t want to start them too early or too late.
Why Do I Have to Take Ballet?
By Laura Di Orio. Becoming a professional dancer is like building a house from the ground up. You can’t start by adding the roof and interior decorations; rather, you must start by creating a solid foundation to support the structure and make it last. Similarly, a dancer must establish that foundation in technique before adding […]
6 Tips For Great Dance Leaps
What do we mean by "leaps" in dance class? To do any dance leap well, there are six important elements of leaping you'll need to practice and perfect.
7 Things You Should Never Say To Your Dance Teacher
ood communication between dance student and teacher is a necessary part of dance training. There are, however, a few things that as a dance student, you should never say to your dance teacher. From "What time is it?" to "I’m too tired,"
The brown ballerina exists. Why we need to lift her up
Ballet needs more brown dancers in its sea of white swans.
How To Maintain Your Dance Space
When arms, legs and bodies are flying energetically all over the dance studio, dance class can soon turn into a contact sport.
Why Social Dancing is Good for your Creativity
Have you ever had a good idea, with no clue where it came from? How about a new cooking recipe, a more efficient way to work - or a great piece of choreo?
How to Get the Abs of a Dancer
Do this, not that. Dancer Cheryl Burke shares her secrets!
Let Misty Copeland Teach You How to Do the Perfect Ballet Bun
Are you super-duper tired of beauty publications telling you how to make "beautiful ballet buns" that are not even remotely close to what an actual ballet dancer would do to her hair? Yup. Us too.<br>So we're grateful to you,<br>Self magazine, for asking a real ballerina to break down the ballet bu...
