Review: Taking an Expressionist Class With the Royal Ballet

Paul Lightfoot and Sol León brought their blend of stretched balletic line and idiosyncratic gesture to London with a new ...

Wheelchair User and Ballet Teacher Says Learning to Pirouette Can Be 'as Emotional as It is Terrifying' for Disabled Dancers (Exclusive)

Kate Stanforth tells PEOPLE that disabled dancers are eager for professional-level ballet training, and her latest workshop ...
Psychology Today

What We Can Learn from Women Who Take Adult Ballet Classes

As the world’s population ages, exercise advice targeting older adults has become more popular. Social dance, specifically, has been considered a good exercise for those of increasing age because it ...
Chicago Sun-Times

A Joffrey workout: 3 dancers suggest exercises to tone muscles at home

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NPR

How I discovered a love for ballet as an adult

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 ...
KMBC Kansas City

Senior living facility offering ballet classes to keep residents on their toes

NINE ALAN SHOPE EXPLAINS HOW IT’S KEEPING THEM ON THEIR TOES. IT’LL REALLY FEEL LIKE A BALLERINA AFTER THIS. MARIANNE JUST HIT A BIRTHDAY MILESTONE ON SUNDAY. ON MONDAY, SHE’S RELIVING A CHILDHOOD ...