I’ve been flipping through a January 1970 issue of Seventeen magazine recently, a gift from a friend. It got me wondering: Miss Teenage America, with your Wella Care hair, your hips-forward poses, ...
In a sunlit Rosemary District studio looking out onto Central Avenue, more than a dozen people with Parkinson’s disease gather in a circle, slowly take their seats and prepare to dance. Christopher ...
When we think of wearable technologies, ballet shoes aren’t the first devices that come to mind. In fact, the E-Traces pointé shoes by [Lesia Trubat] may be the first ever “connected ballet shoe.” ...
WHENEVER I GET near a barre for ballet-based training, my brain reverts to 8 years old. It thinks I know all the moves from childhood ballet classes, so the class won’t be hard. The truth is, I’m an ...
The Jacobs Opera and Ballet Theater will present its Fall Ballet showcase opening Friday at the Musical Arts Center. It will be performed Oct. 24 and 25, with showings at 7:30 p.m. each evening and a ...
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 6:46 p.m. Ballet and Books is pairing pirouettes with page-turners to bring literacy to young students in the LA community. Back in November, the founder from Cornell ...
Billed as “a dazzling and dynamic program that you won’t forget,” Boston Ballet premiered its first of many performances of a new piece, The Fall Experience, at the Citizens Opera House this week.
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 ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio --Cleveland Ballet is bringing “Romeo and Juliet” to Playhouse Square May 16-17 for four performances. One is already sold out. For this interpretation, William Shakespeare’s ...
The Sarasota Ballet is closing its current season by offering audiences a chance to see works by three of the most revered choreographers of the 20th century “Movements of Genius,” being presented ...
As dancers extend backward in arabesque, instructor Katy Pyle reminds them to keep their legs straight — but, Pyle adds, "not too straight." Everyone giggles. Though Pyle's students are performing a ...