So you hopped on the trend and bought yourself a balance board… but was it just a waste of money,

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So you’ve got a foot roller… it sits in your dance bag and only gets taken out when you’re super

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I’m sure we can all agree that quick and snappy footwork is KEY to impressive petit allegro. However, making those

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As someone with the natural ability and power to jump high, I have always really enjoyed petit allegro. That being

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Did you know that ankle injuries are amongst the most common injuries seen in ballet dancers??? I’m guessing you probably

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Soaring saut de chats and gravity-defying sissonnes… grand allegro can be incredibly impressive when it’s performed well. So how can

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I’ll be honest… I used to HATE turning. At my ballet peak I managed to get to a solid triple,

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Arabesque… one of the most common positions in ballet yet one of the hardest to perfect. Every bunhead is striving

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Okay dancers, it’s question time! I want you to ask yourself which muscle you think is predominantly used when we

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