When I signed my daughter up for ballet classes at 2-and-a-half, I thought dance would be fun for her. She was a girlie, princess-loving child, and tutus and twirling seemed right up her alley. OK, ...

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 ...

Get all the top news & discounts for Chicago & beyond. It is a widely known fact that ballet is the hardest style of dance to train in, and requires the use of muscles that the average person would ...

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 ...

Barre classes centre around classic ballet moves such as pliés and arabesques, with a focus on correct form and muscle recruitment as opposed to dance sequences. Legwork plays a major role, which ...

Two projects for me out of Knight. This is the first. I hope you enjoy it, if anything it reminds me of how much I love going to ballet. In part because the pianist is so wonderful. And how I let work ...

The Chocolate Ballerina Company is hosting free dance classes for both active and inactive artists, who are interested in seeking professional training. Chocolate Ballerina Company, a contemporary ...