Tracy Somani and her classmates exercise toe extensions in a Philadelphia Ballet class for adults who have never danced ballet before. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

At Studio A in Los Angeles, Diane Kravif, 75, stands at the barre with pin-straight posture. Pink slippers cover her feet, and her silver bob is pushed back with a headband. Watching her tendu and ...

Olivia Bell remembers the first time she saw Black ballet dancers as a child at a performance by the Dance Theatre of Harlem in Fort Worth. Seeing Black ballerinas on stage with flesh tone tights to ...

TURIN, ITALY - DECEMBER 02: Marco Perego, Zoe Saldana and their sons at The National Museum of Cinema on December 02, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images) “Studies ...

Classes for ‘silver swans’ can help you improve balance and find joy. Credit...Magdalena Wosinska for The New York Times Supported by By Dorie Chevlen Photographs by Magdalena Wosinska At Studio A in ...

The clock hands are pointing to 1:30 p.m. in Lincoln Fundamental School's gym. Fourth-grader Lincoln Mayes and 25 other boys in grades 4 and 5 are standing in their stocking feet as they wait for ...

Dance and fitness trainer Kaley Hatfield shows us how to do ballet barre at home in Yahoo Life’s fitness series, “Take 5.” If you don’t have a barre, no problem. All you need is a chair for stability.

The ballerina, who rose from the slums of Rio to the world stage, wants to change the way we think ballerinas should look Brazilian dancer Ingrid Silva knows she doesn't look like your so-called ...

North Central Ballet will do a gentler version of the classic Nutcracker ballet. Called “The Gentle Nutcracker," it's a ...

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Asked for his personal “know before you go” advice regarding Atlanta Ballet’s 2024-25 season opener, “Fall Into Rhythm,” artistic director Gennadi Nedvigin suggested audiences set aside expectations ...

Olivia Bell is an alum and mentor for Brown Girls Do Ballet who says her mentors and the community she developed through the program helped in her journey from growing up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area ...