Career-ending injuries might be thing of the past for ballet dancers - a podcast by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

Widely considered as one of the most athletic artistic pursuits, ballet requires dancers to execute complicated choreography.

Even a minor injury can end a career, and major injuries can be catastrophic.But as ballet companies around the world continue their focus on dancer health and bring medical doctors and other allied health professionals on staff, a time when injuries are rare and recovery is easier could be around the corner.

Today on Please Explain, The Age’s arts editor Nick Miller, who has written an explainer on how to fix busted ballet dancers, joins Nathanael Cooper to look at how they do it.Subscribe to The Age&SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/

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