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, ...
Sometimes you can find new interests in old places. For me, it was discovering a love of ballet more than 15 years after I first started training. Let me explain. I took ballet lessons from second ...
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 ...
From the time my mom saw me attempting some kind of pirouette at about 5 or 6, I knew I wanted to be a professional ballerina. My first teacher's feedback: "Melissa needs a more serious class." From ...
Two projects for me out of Knight. This is the first. I hope you enjoy it, if anything it reminds me of how much I love going to ballet. In part because the pianist is so wonderful. And how I let work ...
If you loved ballet class as a kid and wish you could plié today, listen up: Adult ballet classes are a thing, and with over 68 million views on TikTok — not to mention the ever-booming balletcore ...
The Chocolate Ballerina Company is hosting free dance classes for both active and inactive artists, who are interested in seeking professional training. Chocolate Ballerina Company, a contemporary ...
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 ...
Orange County native Anna Wassman-Cox always knew ballet could spark joy. But it wasn’t until the two-time breast cancer survivor came back to dance after battling her illness that she realized ballet ...
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 ...