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• New book reviews section with reviews of books on ballet, conditioning, exercise, and other topics of interest to older dancers
• New Pilates video/DVD review page with top picks by certified Pilates trainers (who also happen to be Blue Diamond subscribers
• New "pen pals" section. Find other serious ballet students of similar age, experiences, or level of training.
• New special section for teachers. Find out what other subscribers and dance teachers have to say about techniques for teaching adult students.
• Ballet class video reviews -- I've spent hundreds of dollars on ballet videos so you don't have to. Find out which videos are best -- and which ones to avoid. 19 videos currently reviewed.
• Annual listing of summer dance programs that accept adult students.
• How to give yourself a dance class at home or on the road.
• How to stabilize your balance by improving your own alignment: easy exercises to do at home.
• Easy, beginning ways to work on turnout. How to understand what turnout really is and how to access the turnout you already have.
• Comprehensive feature on mastering pirouettes, including some innovative quick exercises.
• Got a technical problem you just can't fix? Try making your own subliminal audio cassette to give yourself the corrections you need.
• Creating a dance notebook: Innovative techniques to speed your progress in class.
• Self-evaluation form (rate your own progress in ballet)
• Performance opportunities for adult dance students.
• Power of plié: addressing a number of how-to questions: how to plié, how to make your plié work for you, and more.
• Lots of ballet technique questions from subscribers, and answers from me: from how to increase turnout and extension to proper fitting of pointe shoes (what's wrong, the shoe or you?)
• Newsletter survey -- vote online for the topics you most want to see in the next issue.
• "100-day pratique" sheet -- complete 100 days of practice and get a prize ;-).
• Reviews of dance performance videos.
• How to remember combinations in class.
• Listings of dance competitions that accept adult entrants.
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