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A College Ballet Dancer’s Guide to Professional Auditions

Kyra Laubacher for Dance Magazine

Audrey Lynn performs an attitude derrière in a peasant style dress. Fellow dancers stand behind her as characters in the scene.

What to Pack for Your First Summer Ballet Intensive

Catie Robinson for Dance Magazine

Sylvie Win and Ellary Day Szyndlar pose for a photo together in front of a The Dance Awards step and repeat. Ellary Day holds Sylvie Win on her back, and Sylvie Win shows off their first place Peewee Division plaque.

Catching Up With Competition Stars and Sister Duo Ellary Day and Sylvie Win Szyndlar

Melissa Garlock

Five teenage ballerinas, wearing bloodstained white Romantic tutus, stand together in a dingy inn lobby with alarmed, but focused, expressions.

22 Thoughts I Had While Watching the New Ballet-centric Thriller “Pretty Lethal”

Hana Le

Two photos side-by-side show two young choreographers coaching their solos onstage, wearing all-black.

Two Young Choreographers on Teaching Their Dances at the 2026 Prix de Lausanne

Catie Robinson

Mariko Sasaki in Robert Binet’s Dark with Excessive Bright. Photo by Andrej Uspenski, courtesy The Royal Ballet and Opera.

World Ballet Day Is Back for 2025

Lilliana Miller for Pointe Magazine

Two dancers in short white ballet dresses perform onstage. The dancer on the right battements a la seconde, arms on the diagonal as she looks out toward her bottom fingers. The dancer on the left faces upstage and crosses one foot over, with arms passing across in front of her.

Let’s Talk About Breast Support in Ballet

Kyra Laubacher

Onstage in front of a light blue backdrop, two dancers do a triumphant "fish" pose, the supporting partner lunging to the side and holding the other dancer in a dipped position with one leg tucked and the other extended long. Behind them, a choreographer crouches and watches with hands on his lap.

“Étoile” Star Taïs Vinolo on How the Show Transformed Her as an Artist

Hana Le

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