Pliés, relevés, and sauté jumps don’t just look graceful, the ballet moves also lengthen and strengthen muscles and burn calories. Ballet-inspired classes like Pure Barre, Bar Method, and Balletone ...

In Ballet West’s exercise class, Utahns discover their inner ballet dancer and forget about looking foolish Becoming a ballet student as an adult is: a) A good way to exercise. It improves posture and ...

Growing up I spent most of my afternoons and weekends at my local dance studio. I was enrolled in every genre of dance they offered, but ballet was always the class I looked forward to most. I loved ...

Ballet Fitness classes are recommended to those who wish to build solid technical foundations in ballet, stay in shape, as well as prevent and recover from injuries. This class focuses on floor barre ...

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 ...

BYU students in Shayla Bott's ballet class practice their positions and exercises. (Whitney Finuf) Dancers may struggle with eating disorders and perfectionism, but dancing environments can play a ...

The instructions were simple: From first position, demi plié twice, grand plié once, tendu to the right into second position, repeat the pliés, tendu into third position, repeat the pliés, tendu into ...

Just because Halloween has passed doesn’t mean your dreams of becoming a ballerina are left in the dust. A local ballet instructor — with tons of experience both on and off the stage — is hosting a ...