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·1/4/04 New Q&As: turnout, injuries, scholarships, and more.
·11/13 New "pen pals" section. Find other serious ballet students of similar age, experiences, or level of training. Latest additions 1.7.04
·9/15 Features for teachers: New special section with topics of interest to teachers of adult dance students.
·7/23 Survey: Vote for the topic you most want to see in the next issue.
·4/29 New ballet class video review: Anna Paskevska Intermediate/Advanced Pointe Class.
·4/23 New feature: Ballet product reviews from your fellow subscribers. First up: A review of the Finis Jhung portable practice barre.
·4/22 Creating a dance notebook: A powerful tool to speed your own progress.
·4/22 How to give yourself a dance class at home or away.
·4/21 Even more ballet class video reviews: Pointe by Point with Barbara Fewster, Basic Ballet 5: Intermediate Class from Finis Jhung, and The Finis Jhung Ballet Technique Level 1: Barrework. You'll find a total of 18 videos reviewed.
·1/14/04 Three new stories added to The Women's Page. Of special interest: a recent gastric bypass patient braves ballet class midway through her weight loss.
·1/13/04 Many, many updates to the Recommended Teachers page, too numerous to mention. Thank you to all who contributed to the page during the past six months or so. Your listings and updates are finally there!.
·1/12/04 Wondering why the site isn't updated more often? See theanswer on our FAQ page.
·1/12/04 Updates to our Doctors/Therapists page in Paris, London, and in North Carolina.
·8/4 Blue Diamond Dance featured in Newsweek (international edition) on the TipSheet page.
·4/30 Feature story from the Los Angeles Daily Journal on lawyer (and Blue Diamond newsletter subscriber) Paul Yoshinaga's love of ballet.
·4/11 Update to Dennis' story: He's the 59-year-old who has just begun ballet classes!
·4/11 A whole bunch of newsletter testimonials that people have sent in over the past year. So if you've been sitting on the fence about whether to subscribe, click here and scroll down to mid-page!
·4/10 New Women's Page story, and update to Karen's story.
·4/10 New Men's Page stories, and update to Jay's story of recovery from ACL surgery.
·3/28 New Women's Page stories, and updates (with pictures!)to Christina's and Barbara's stories. Dates for updates reflect the dates they originally sent the information, but I've just gotten to them now.
·3/28 Recommended teacher updates -- too numerous to mention. Check your state or country; there may be new information for your area.
·3/27 Update to the doctors/therapists list for Danbury, Connecticut.