A black-and-white photo of two dancers, one cradling the other in a supported lift.
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Leveling Up: Teaching Safe Lifts and Partnering Skills

Hannah Chang Foster

Partner work is not just about nailing an overhead press, says Eduardo Permuy, Atlanta Ballet’s company répétiteur. It’s a fact he stresses even for the younger students he teaches in the school. “ It’s not just about going onstage and picking your partner up. You create something together.”  Of course, foundational skills are necessary to take […]

A still from West Side Story choreographed by Al Blackstone at the Maltz Jupiter Theater in Florida.
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Dancer Vi Dolan in a one arm handstand with the other arm outstretched by her ear.
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