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Alicia Alonso, director of the National Ballet of Cuba, is pictured in 1979

A tribute to Alicia Alonso: A dancer with a different kind of sight

Ballet lovers of all types were saddened to learn of the passing of ballet icon Alicia Alonso on September 17, in Havana,...

Daniel Ulbricht. Photo courtesy of Só Dança.

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Feature Articles

Daniel Ulbricht and Só Dança unite for new ballet shoe

Daniel Ulbricht is a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, an artistic advisor for Manhattan Youth Ballet, and the co-founding director...

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Kathleen Breen Combes bows farewell to Boston Ballet and begins a new act

A career in classical ballet can feel incredibly all-encompassing — from rehearsing to class to cross-training and maintenance, the work is constant....

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Interviews

Taking to the streets: Ballerina Brittany Cavaco dances through Paris in film ‘Until Midnight’

Ballerina, model and Só Dança ambassador Brittany Cavaco lives every dancer’s dream and confronts every dancer’s nightmare in the new dance film,...

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Miami City Ballet’s Bianca Bulle: Excited about Elektra

Just recently, prestigious dancewear brand Só Dança revealed its much anticipated new pointe shoe, the Elektra, a marriage of hundreds of years...

American Ballet Theatre's Kathryn Boren. Photo by Kenneth Edwards.

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Tips & Advice

Katie Boren on how to stay inspired and stand out in the corps

So many young dancers dream about it – that day they’ll be promoted to the corps of a major ballet company. It...

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Speaking with the Author of ‘No One’s Watching’

By Chelsea Thomas and Leah Gerstenlauer of Dance Informa. A new teen dance novel entitled No One’s Watching was released earlier this year...

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Feature Articles

Bunhead Psyche 101

By Robert Graham for Steps on Broadway I get a lot of questions about why ballet dancers have “attitudes”. This is a...

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Interviews

Encouragement to Fly: Meet Breton Tyner-Bryan

By Leigh Schanfein. It’s rare when we meet someone who impresses us completely, not just with technical skill, musicality, humor, smarts or...

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Dance Health

Bone Health for Dancers

Nutrition recommendations for preventing and recovering from bone breaks, stress reactions, or stress fractures. By Emily C. Harrison MS, RD, LD With...