Rather than go all in, I decided to gradually add on reps and movements with my calf-strengthening routine and élevés. As ...

Fluttering arms, aching calves, bursting lungs: 'Swan Lake' is a ballerina's Mount Everest. ... NYCB ballerina Sara Mearns famously got the part at 19, when she was still in the corps de ballet, ...

Fluttering arms, aching calves, bursting lungs: ... Unity Phelan rehearses for her role as Swan Queen in New York City Ballet's Swan Lake, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in New York.

Fluttering arms, aching calves, bursting lungs: 'Swan Lake' is a ballerina's Mount Everest Updated Mar. 12, 2025 10:34 a.m. ET ... when she was still in the corps de ballet, ...

Unity Phelan rehearses for her role as Swan Queen in New York City Ballet’s Swan Lake, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Rehearsing “Swan Lake” a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio, trying to iron out some last-minute kinks, ballerina Unity Phelan stopped just before launching into the famed 32 ...

Home AP Sports Fluttering arms, aching calves, ... The fast-rising ballet star became a principal dancer in 2023, the first Asian American female principal in the company.

NEW YORK (AP) — Rehearsing “Swan Lake” a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio, trying to iron out some last-minute kinks, ballerina Unity Phelan stopped just before launching into the famed 32 ...