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Irene Hogarth-Cimino assisting students at the barre. The student has her leg extended in second position.

Irene Hogarth-Cimino Teaches Glissade Assemblé for Elementary to Advanced Levels

Hannah Chang Foster

“Everything we do is plié and tendu.” Irene Hogarth-Cimino’s poetic philosophy wouldn’t be out of place on a beloved T-shirt, on a notebook cover, or as screen wallpaper—anywhere young dancers might look for inspiration every day. The principal faculty member for youth ballet and ballet trainee programs at New York City’s Joffrey Ballet School believes […]

Jacqueline Green Miller wearing a black crop top and leggings faces a screen with a laptop in front of her. She has one arm overhead and the other held low against her hip.

Jacqueline Green Miller Teaches How to Harness Turnout, Length, and Connection Through Plié to Passé and Beyond

Hannah Chang Foster

A woman in bright pink classical Indian attire is in a dance studio, arms outstretched and face tilted up toward her right hand.

Sahasra Sambamoorthi Teaches a Bharatanatyam Warm-Up Combo

Hannah Chang Foster

A man in a black t-shirt and black pants leads a rehearsal in a dance studio. Several dancers wearing rehearsal attire are also visible.

University of Iowa Ballet Professor Eloy Barragán Shares a Partnered Phrase

Hannah Chang Foster

Sekou McMiller teaching a Latin Jazz class.

Sekou McMiller Teaches Afro-Latin Contemporary

Hannah Chang Foster

Aaron Tolson with arms outstreched and young girls on either side.

Aaron Tolson Teaches a Rudiments Exercise

Ryan P. Casey

Maria Torres dancing with a student.

Maria Torres Teaches a Latin Jazz Warm-Up

Sophie Bress

Black and white sideways photo of dance educator Peter Chu.

Peter Chu Shares a Lesson That Exemplifies His Chuthis Ideas Class

Sophie Bress

Dancer Chris Grant stretching arms to the side with his partner Lauren Grant lying horizontally across. They are against a green background.

Lauren and Christopher Grant Teach Their “Superman Rock-and-Roll”

Lauren Wingenroth

NYCB's Sara Adams executing an exercise on the floor. She lies pelvis down and arms outstreched in an open V.

Hilary Cartwright Shares 3 Exercises to Help Students Develop Strong Lines and Fluid Transitions in Arabesque and Port de Bras

Sophie Bress

Side by side photos of Edwin Aparicio and his student wearing all black, demonstrating.

Edwin Aparicio Teaches a Traditional Flamenco Llamada por Bulerias Sequence

Kathryn Holmes

Class photo with Jennifer Nugent center of the studio, wearing a blank tunic and black loose pants in a twisted position.

Jennifer Nugent Teaches a Tuning Exercise to Find Support in Off-Centered Movement

Kathryn Holmes

Performance shot of a dancer in blue and a dancer in green, who's in a wheelchair, doing the same movement with arms behind their backs and elbows bent.

Watch and Learn Kitty Lunn’s Ballet, Graham, and Horton Transpositions for Students With Disabilities

Chava Pearl Lansky

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