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When it comes pointe work, every foot is different, every child is different, and unfortunately every pair of pointe shoes is different. So, there are infinite numbers of possibilities and problems. Recently, we did an Instagram Live showing everyone how we prepare our beginning dancers for pointe work, and now it is available online!

Dr. Alexis Sams gives her physical therapy tips to quell the question on every young dancer’s mind. How do I have a more mobile spine? She goes deeper to providing guidance to the even more important and often forgotten question, how do you have a strong and healthy spine?

The Summer Issue is Here!!! Our Biggest Issue Ever! 120 PAGES! Ballet in the Age of Quarantine.

Congratulations to the winners of the male-dominated year at the Youth America Grand Prix. While the past three years of the Youth America Grand Prix have been intense, this year seemed to be even more exhausting with the new rule changes. If you don’t know about the rules change that had everyone upset, it basically stated that regardless of the score, the invitation to New York Finals would be based on the discretion of the judges. While we shouldn’t downplay this year’s winners, there was a lot of criticism over YAGP’s 20th season. The Big Winners of the Youth America Grand Prix are:

Ballet is hard, like really hard. The overwhelming stories and information out there is…

There is something familiar, but something new and exciting here at the Youth America…

Cover photo: Our cover girl Jillian Davis and her partner Andrew Brader of Complexions…

There has been quite a great amount of exceptional ballet out there lately… and…

Every year A Ballet Education receives hundreds of emails asking questions like, “What Summer Intensive should my student go to? Where is the best Summer Intensive? How can I afford a summer course?” And the list goes on… So this year, as we start our summer program series, we should talk about what is happening in ballet. And take a look at some of the best Summer Intensives out there.

It is no secret that between physics, anatomy, and kinesiology, that ballet technique has…

I see London, I see France, where is the best education for dance? It…

This morning I was able to sit down and read With Ballet in my Soul:…

a vacation… haha just kidding, no really they do, myself included… But who has time these days to go on vacation?

Now for the real post…

As a ballet teacher, I always find it hard to find good ballet music. Sure, there are a lot of great CDs out there, but sometimes the quality is not that great, the tracks aren’t long enough for longer combinations, the tempos don’t make a lot of sense, or they are just structured kind of funny

Each year as the season ends a history disappears. As a dancer, it means…

Today is a sad day… Today is my Dad’s birthday and Father’s day week.…

There is nothing in the world… and I mean nothing… better than a really…

Everything is beautiful at the ballet… Edward Kleban said it all in his lyrics…

I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day! This week has been a crazy…

Happy Mother’s Day!!! (I’m posting early so I can spend this weekend with my…

Now that I have caught up on work… I’ve had time to reflect on…