Marcelino Sambé does a flying saut de chat in company class with The Royal Ballet. He smiles jubilantly and wears all black rehearsal wear.

Celebrate World Ballet Day’s 10th Anniversary on November 1!

It’s a big year for ballet lovers. On Wednesday, November 1, get ready to celebrate the 10th anniversary of World Ballet Day! For the past decade, the annual event has given viewers an inside look at classes, rehearsals, and performance previews through livestreams from companies across the globe. This year’s celebration, hosted by The Royal Ballet, […]

These 10 Pets Can’t Resist Joining Their Humans for At-Home Training

We’re all spending a lot more time on social media these days, whether that means aimless scrolling, taking advantage of the plethora of class and workout options streamed direct to your living room, or leading classes yourself. But the deluge of at-home dance footage has resulted in the unexpected collision of two of our favorite […]

Cross-Train Like David Hallberg: His Stair Running Regimen

While David Hallberg was recovering from Achilles tendinopathy, one of the treatments that the Australian Ballet rehab team gave him was a stair running exercise. “This is an exercise David needs to continue to do forever, every day,” says AB’s principal physiotherapist Sue Mayes. The basic idea is to run up and down flights of […]

The Rebirth of David Hallberg

David Hallberg almost quit dancing two years ago. The international ballet star, whose talent and drive had made him the first American to join the Bolshoi Ballet as a principal dancer, was struggling after a 2014 ankle surgery to repair a frayed deltoid ligament. A resulting mass of scar tissue ultimately required a second surgery. […]