Ballet training begins at the barre, but in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, a kitchen counter and the back of a couch has become a substitute for even America's most elite ballerinas. When the ...

Cardio, schmardio. For the ultimate body and mind workout, some harried adults are pirouetting back in time — and signing themselves up for ballet class. Whether it’s curious first-timers looking to ...

Before joining the board of directors of A.V.A. Ballet Theatre, the resident ballet company of the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, my knowledge of ballet would fit in a thimble. Three quarters ...

When Alexandra Francois went to parties with lively music playing as a little girl, she couldn’t resist getting out of her chair and doing her thing. “People would just step aside” when Alexandra took ...

A Black ballerina is rejoicing over a new pair of shoes for one important reason. Kira Robinson is an 18-year-old freshman ballet major at the University of Oklahoma. Robinson shared a video where she ...

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" It's a question many of us now smile fondly upon as we reminisce over our childhood dreams of being astronauts, vets, and firefighters (all at once, of ...

In the 2010 film “Black Swan,” Natalie Portman's character is a ballerina who is obsessed with perfection. She goes mad during a production of “Swan Lake” where she imagines, among other things, that ...