Ballet Barre Technique

08/18/2022

Pointe is for the serious ballet dancer, providing valuable training and career advice for students and young professionals.

06/23/2022

Are you looking to gain flexibility and strength in your arabesque? Many dancers are unsatisfied with the height of their back leg, and believe intense stretching is the best way to increase extension in the arabesque position. "However," says American Ballet Theatre physical therapist Julie Daugher...

06/13/2022

I loved dancing with a smaller company!

Amanda Farris has never danced in a company with more than 20 dancers. "Growing up we have these notions that we're aiming for the big companies, and that's the only place success lies," says the California native, who dances with the 11-member Diablo Ballet outside San Francisco. Yet Farris' impres...

05/24/2022

We got the scoop on indie work from four freelance ballerinas, who shared their journeys to freelancing and the rich opportunities of a solo career.

03/14/2022

While technique requirements are the same for ballet students of any age, starting pointe as an adult presents both challenges and benefits.

12/21/2021

Beautiful ballerinas

Marjorie Tallchief, renowned as the first American and Native American étoile at the Paris Opéra Ballet, passed away on November 30.

05/06/2020

One of the most inspiring things to witness over the past couple of months has been the incredible displays of solidarity among dancers and dance companies. None have been left untouched by this crisis, and so many have banned together to help each other out.

04/26/2020

There are likewise three kinds of dancers: first, those who consider dancing as a sort of gymnastic drill, made up of impersonal and graceful arabesques; second, those who, by concentrating their minds, lead the body into the rhythm of a desired emotion, expressing a remembered feeling or experience. And finally, there are those who convert the body into a luminous fluidity, surrendering it to the inspiration of the soul.
-Isadora Duncan-

04/21/2020

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"Port de bras creates colors," says Larissa Ponomarenko, ballet mistress at Boston Ballet. "It gives vitality and vibrancy to dancing." Here, she shares how she coaches her dancers towards strength, coordination and artistry in the use of their arms.

04/19/2020

Dancers on the Eiffel Tower ( 1929 )