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How Spoon Theory Saved My Dance Career

Lucy Turner

Ava Wagner looks over her shoulder while standing with her back to the camera. She has long dark hair and wears a crop top with jeans.

Commercial

Comp Star Turned Commercial Dancer Ava Wagner Is Living in the Moment

Olivia Manno for Dance Magazine

A group of teenage dancers huddle for a group hug onstage.

Competition

Better Together: The Value of Making New Friends at Competitions

Kyra Laubacher

Ballet

Audrey Tovar-Dunster Rises to New Heights at Vail

Catie Robinson

Payton Johnson performs an arabesque while reaching towards Alexander Bozinoff. She wears a long sleeve, knee-length black dress and character heels.

Contemporary

Meet Payton Johnson, Freelance Dancer and Stager for Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber

Courtney Escoyne for Dance Magazine

A close-up of a ballet costume tiara with white, amber, and light pink gems.

Ballet

Ballet Student Jessica Wang Makes Tiaras Her Business

Catie Robinson

A young dancer in a dark blue long-sleeved shirt dances in a darkly lit studio. She bents her elbows and moves her arms inward, fingers separated with slight curves.

Dancer Voices

Self-Sabotage: How Perfectionism and Performance Anxiety Show Up in the Studio

Gemma Siegler

Dance News

In Loving Memory of “So You Think You Can Dance”

Jakob Karr as told to Kyra Laubacher

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