Most people watch ballet because it's beautiful. When it comes to stories and emotions, no other art form compares. But it's also possible to consider ballet from a fitness angle, to behold all those ...

Vanessa Woods, founder of Vitality Ballet, teaches class at The Willows at Brooking Park in Chesterfield on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. Vitality Ballet brings dance to older adults using modified ballet ...

On a recent Friday evening, Julie Chittick, a dance instructor from Feet First Dance in Phoenixville, placed several candles in the middle of a studio and asked her adult participants to space ...

If you've been lucky enough to catch any of Red Bull Dance Your Style Ireland, the globally popular freestyle dance event which popped up on Irish shores this summer, you might still be wondering how ...

Have you ever felt sore or even injured the day after dance class? Done a super long rehearsal and needed to stay in bed until rehearsal started again? I have! These unpleasant feelings can be mostly ...

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 ...

Signing up your kid for ballet class might seem like a great way to get them some exercise. But when ranked against other forms of dance in terms of how much exercise it provides, ballet class didn’t ...