18/09/2025
Hands can be immensely expressive and are an integral part of a dancer’s body language. “They can express strength, grace, weakness, excitement, lethargy, joy, sadness, love, hate, goodness, and evil,” says Franco De Vita, National Training Curriculum co-author and artistic associate.
Head to the link in our bio for insights on what makes hands such an expressive tool, how different training methods approach them, and how to shape and energize them without tension or affectation.
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📸: Franco De Vita teaches at ’s Young Dancer Summer Workshop. Photo by , courtesy ABT.
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