1. If you’re uncomfortable in a leotard, don’t wear one. You might associate ballet with black leotards and pink tights, but adult students generally aren’t required to dress like extras on “Dance ...

The instructions were simple: From first position, demi plié twice, grand plié once, tendu to the right into second position, repeat the pliés, tendu into third position, repeat the pliés, tendu into ...

Just because Halloween has passed doesn’t mean your dreams of becoming a ballerina are left in the dust. A local ballet instructor — with tons of experience both on and off the stage — is hosting a ...

The training of students is conducted from the classical tradition of Russia’s Kirov Ballet. This regimen nurtures the individually paced progress of students beginning with pre-ballet and progressing ...

In a sprawling warehouse space in St. Paul that houses a boxing gym, a pilates studio and a Brazilian jiu-jitsu center, there's an exercise class for older adults that offers something besides ...

We checked in with American Ballet Theater and New York City Ballet to see how the companies were keeping dancers fit, and together. Carlos Lopez, a ballet master with American Ballet Theater, ...

Ballet: If you’re in a ballet school or conservatory program, there may be certain dress code rules to adhere to (e.g., the specific color of your leotard and tights). In college or adult open classes ...

As an actor, it’s important to enjoy each step you take in your acting career—and one of those steps is being able to dance. You don’t have to be the next Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers, but there are ...

Watch Gabriela Rodriguez dance at New Ballet in San Jose. Gabriela Rodriguez first glimpsed the magic of ballet in the third grade. The 7-year-old didn’t know a pirouette from a puppet when she first ...

Sydnee Carroll, a rising junior at Howard University, has been taking ballet classes since she was 3 years old. As a child, Carroll could not picture a ballerina who looked like she did. “Little girls ...