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The article discusses the changes and adjustments made by dancers and dance companies when the pandemic hit such as a focus on the issue of racial justice, virtual instead of live performances and the effort to raise access to dance education for African American students and students of color.

The article presents information on the ballet dancers Gabrielle Lamb, Gemma Bond and Emery LeCrone. It discusses their artistic paths, current projects and how they balance their dual lives as choreographers and dancers. It also discusses LeCrone's dancing style that has earned her commissions from Oregon Ballet Theatre, Colorado Ballet, Saint Louis Ballet.

The article features the discusses the contemporary ballet choreographers and its classical contribution to the ballet performances. It mentions states that Alexei Ratmansky's Concerto DSCH held in New York City in 2008 had a strong classical technique and combination of experimentation also highlights the Wayne McGregor's Chroma, with its austere set by the British architect John Pawson and barely-there beige costumes.

The article focuses on the expenses of the dancers and presents the budgets of four dancers including Pacific Northwest ballet Sarah Pasch, Joffrey Ballet dancer Mahaliia Ward, and Cincinnati Ballet Sirui Liu. Ward states that having a salary for the first time is like one can manage all the things.

The article looks at how Caroline Duggan, a native of Dublin, Ireland, shows the people in the U.S. that anything is possible through her knowledge in dancing and belief of refuting the notion of "unattainable." It reveals that Duggan's belief was shown by the performances of the group of 7 to 12 years old black and Hispanic Irish dancers or simply called "The Keltic Dreams" that were heralded. It also mentions that majority of the group's music reflects the multicultural roots of the members.

The article presents information on youngARTS Week, sponsored by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. YoungARTS offers more than $500,000 in prizes each year to high school seniors who show exceptional promise, from dancers and actors to photographers and filmmakers. Sixty finalists of young ARTS Week are nominated for Presidential Scholarships, while others are invited to Arts Evolution, a week-long residency in New York City.