At the start of the school year, Omana Jacob dreaded having to appear before an audience. The 8-year-old knew she had an upcoming performance at her church but suffered from a bad case of nerves. Then ...

Researchers are studying how movement helps children with special needs improve social communication and motor skills. By Michele C. Hollow As soon as James Griffin gets off the school bus he tells ...

Young ballet dancers from the Children's Ballet of San Antonio are achieving national recognition, earning numerous invites ...

Ballet Tech will return to The Joyce Theater for the 30th anniversary of its Kids Dance student performance troupe, May 30–June 2. Honoring the global diversity of cultures and heritages, this ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Visions of sugar plums aren't just dancing inside the Orlando Ballet studio: The ballerinas are teaching children with special needs. Anne-Marie Wurzel started the program Come Dance ...

Let the Kids Dance! is a seven-part series documenting the rise and fall of Seattle's Teen Dance Ordinance — a local law that for nearly two decades made it illegal for young people to attend concerts ...

A series of workshops that are part of the Dance Reflections festival help to demystify contemporary dance. There are classes for pros, nonprofessionals and even children.

In 2011, a 12 year-old girl sat in her desk chair facing away from a computer in a dimly lit California bedroom. A film crew recorded as she worked on math homework. Later, the same girl stood in a ...

23. Those famous notes synonymous with the sounds of the season. Each move carefully choreographed the Nutcracker *** holiday tradition for countless Iowa performers. Nutcracker is Christmas.

Whether your kids love to bop along whenever music is playing or you simply need an activity to channel all of their boundless energy, dance is beneficial to children of all shapes, sizes and ...

For most grown-ups, our choices for dance classes as a kid were pretty basic, including ballet, tap and jazz. Nowadays, our children have a plethora of classes to choose from, making the basics a ...