Ballet is already a competitive world, but how do you dance alongside someone who looks exactly like you? How do you deal when you’re constantly getting mixed up in the studio, or when one gets an opportunity and the other doesn’t? For twins, no two approaches are quite the same. Though twin sisters Elizabeth Harrison and Marie Harrison-Collins initially chose to part ways after their training years, they’re now in their third season dancing together at Milwaukee Ballet. Meanwhile, twin brothers Shaakir and Naazir Muhammad always intended to stick together, but ultimately found that more opportunities were available to them if they split up and joined different companies. Both pairs told Pointe about their experiences training together, the challenges they’ve faced and how they support each other.
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