Key Points • Rehearsal and performance volumes in professional ballet are high and fluctuate greatly from week to week; health care practitioners and artistic staff should implement training principles (e.g., progression and periodization) to manage these demands. • The rehearsal hours completed in preparation for different productions varied widely; consideration of these rehearsal hours could inform casting and repertoire planning and, subsequently, optimize scheduling. • Full-length existing classical ballets were the most time-efficient productions to stage and may provide a means by which rehearsal volume may be offloaded during the season; newly created ballets were the least time-efficient to stage.
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