2026

Flexibility training is a consistent focus for dancers across all styles — the extended leg in arabesque, the full split on the floor, the over-split, the deep backbend…

Men’s ballroom dance performance costuming has evolved significantly from the simple tailored suit that characterized early ballroom competition — contemporary ballroom competition for men encompasses the tailored vest…

Pom poms are the defining prop of cheerleading and pom dance — the visual tool that amplifies the impact of arm choreography, extends the visual boundary of the…

Acrobatic dance — the combination of classical dance technique with acrobatic elements including aerials, tumbling, and extreme flexibility displays — has developed its own competition costuming culture that…

The music system in a dance studio is as essential to the teaching and learning experience as the barre and the mirror. A dance teacher who cannot be…

Boys who dance face a practical challenge that girls don’t: the dancewear market is overwhelmingly designed and marketed for female dancers, leaving parents and dance students to navigate…

Dance shoes are specialized equipment that require protection during transport and organized storage both at home and in the studio. Unlike street shoes that can be tossed into…

Ankle weights are one of the most debated training tools in the dance world — used correctly, they add resistance to leg conditioning exercises that builds the specific…

Pole dance clothing is specialized performance and training attire with very specific technical requirements — the fabric must allow skin-to-pole contact in the areas that create the friction-based…

Aerial hoop — also called lyra, aerial ring, or cerceau — is a circular steel apparatus suspended from a rigging point that allows the performer to execute poses,…