Highly trained professional dancers bridge the world of art and the realm of extraordinary athletic performance. They constantly maintain, test, and push their physicality...their technical skills...the science behind their craft. At least an intuitive understanding and mastery of the physical dynamics of classical dance are essential at the most competitive levels of the profession, enabling dancers to meet the wide-ranging demands of choreographers and to develop their own artistic individuality or style in performance. The scientist can also benefit from this exploration, as the skilled dancer can demonstrate and test the relationship between theoretical and applied physics. As we become keenly aware of the vast and rigorous physical challenges behind the musical and theatrical art of classical dance, we can even further appreciate this extraordinary form of expression, an art that continues to push the limits of human physicality in beautiful and dynamic display!