Barre classes centre around classic ballet moves such as pliés and arabesques, with a focus on correct form and muscle recruitment as opposed to dance sequences. Legwork plays a major role, which ...

A new program at the Joffrey Ballet Academy of Dance aims to diversify job training for professional dancers on the rise. This fall, approximately 10 dancers will be the first cohort of contemporary ...

It is a widely known fact that ballet is the hardest style of dance to train in, and requires the use of muscles that the average person would not even know existed. The isolation of different body ...

They all go together, but skating and ballet? Though the two aren't paired in most people's minds, Champions Skating Center in Cromwell is offering a course in ballet to help figure skaters. Taught by ...

When José Manuel Carreño arrived at Ballet San Jose last summer as its new artistic director, he made no secret of his desire to elevate the company’s profile. That mission began with a splashy gala ...

RACINE COUNTY — Over the past year, Tess Dimler spent between five to eight hours in training each weekday, working toward her dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer. That hard work has taken ...

In the current fractured political environment featuring a federal budget slashing arts funding and seemingly more intent on building walls than opening doors, Ballet West remains committed and ...

When I signed my daughter up for ballet classes at 2-and-a-half, I thought dance would be fun for her. She was a girlie, princess-loving child, and tutus and twirling seemed right up her alley. OK, ...

An older sister dragged Eli Waunch to his first ballet class at age 9. His two brothers also were talked into going to the session, so that the girls in a Deer Park program could dance with male ...

At a ballet barre in Oklahoma City, senior women stand a little taller. They're not just ballerinas — they're Golden Swans. The Oklahoma City Ballet offers beginner and intermediate-level classes ...