A free ballet class in New York is helping children with autism improve mobility, confidence and social connections through ...

PUTTING ON A PAIR OF BALLET SLIPPERS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, AND IT’S ALL THANKS TO A NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A LOCAL BALLET ACADEMY AND COMMUNITY PROGRAM SERVING CHILDREN IN OUR AREA. HOW PROJECT ...

For the last nine years, children with Down syndrome in Alexandria, Virginia, have had the opportunity to be introduced to ballet thanks to The Purple Tutu. The program is now under the umbrella of ...

On Sunday afternoons, I dance ballet. Every week, I drive 20 minutes to a woman’s house and line up with a small congregation of other bodies alongside a portable barre. The room has been rearranged ...

When TaKiyah Wallace-McMillian was researching ballet classes for her daughter, she noticed a pattern. The majority of students and instructors at the ballet studios she found were white. She didn’t ...