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, ...

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 ...

While there’s no “one way” to become a professional ballerina, many performers who dance for a living follow a typical trajectory. Keep reading to learn the steps (you are a dancer, after all) to help ...

Imagine negotiating the challenges that come with puberty while training to become a ballet dancer. You must attempt to remain coordinated, slim and graceful, despite the changes you are experiencing ...

As the Royal Ballet ballerina celebrates three decades at Covent Garden, she reflects on stardom, comic timing and relentless ...

A ballet dancer's grace is not just because the dancer constantly practices moving with poise. New research published in the Journal of Neurophysiology reports that professional ballet dancers' years ...

Cincinnati Ballet is making a difference by using dance to cope with a disease.Cincinnati Ballet is now offering specialized classes for people with Parkinson's.Dance might not seem like the obvious ...

The history of Marin Ballet reflects the steady growth of Marin’s arts culture, the blossoming of regional dance schools across the United States, and ever-demanding educational and extracurricular ...

Sick of swimming and bored of bike rides? You’re in luck: there’s a new cross-training trend in town. Ballet might be typically seen as the preserve of small children and impossibly flexible ...