Dancing for Fitness: Benefits, Calories, and Techniques

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Conditioning Exercises for Ballet Dancers

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Elaine Wiltshire

When training as a ballet dancer, many hours are spent in the studio working on set exercises or choreography. While ballet training may offer a type of fitness regime, in the December 2005 issue of "Dance Magazine,"