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Ballet Workout: Roll Your Way to a Stronger Core

Ready to roll? Strengthen your core with this 5 minute foam roller workout.

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Ballet Workout: Stronger Hips & Core

Want higher extensions? Strengthen your hips and core muscles! Try this 8 minute floor workout to get started!

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How to Create Your Own Home Dance Studio

Stuck at home, but still need to train? Here’s everything you need to build your own dance studio at home.

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How To Do: A Perfect High Bun

Do you have a ton of hair? Is it hard to get it up into a high ponytail or bun? Try this easy trick!

Guest Author: Miss. Kathleen

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Ballet Tutorial: Pas de Bourées and Balancés

Want to learn how to do Pas de Bourées & Balancés? In this tutorial Miss. Kathleen 3 different versions of the pas de bourée step and breaks down 4 different variations of the balancé step.

Guest Author: Miss. Kathleen

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Ballet Workouts: Beginner Ballet Barre

Hello Beginning Ballet Students! Follow along with Miss Kathleen as she guides you through a basic ballet barre. Get pointers about your technique and learn how to do balancés at the end.

Guest Author: Miss. Kathleen

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In Italy, ‘Io Resto a Casa,’ but Still I Dance

Dance is a social art form that happens in crowded rooms full of people. Partnering and dance instruction are all about touching. Movement requires large spaces. So what happens in a period of enforced separation and reduced square footage? In Italy, dancers have been experiencing these disruptions for weeks. There, the slogan “Io resto a casa,” or “I stay home,” has become a national manifesto.

Guest Author: Marina Harss

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