"Uh oh, we've got dinosaur hands again," said Claire, the ballet teacher. I look down, and sure enough my hands, instead of graceful and light like butterflies, are curled up next to my torso like the ...

Over 16 weeks of weekly classes, my glutes are stronger, my calves shapelier and – to my surprise – I have a growing sense of rhythm ...

If you still haven't gotten over not taking ballet lessons when you were younger, your chance to be a ballerina has finally arrived! Patricia Zhou, a professional ballerina with Staatsballett and ...

Barre ballet classes are a firm favourite in the fitness scene for their ability to combine the grace and elegance of classical dance and Pilates with the rigour of strength training. As an ...

I walked into the advanced beginner class at the Washington School of Ballet Saturday morning feeling like a student returning to school a day after playing hooky: anxious. Timid. A tad guilty. I’ve ...

Pliés, relevés, and sauté jumps don’t just look graceful, the ballet moves also lengthen and strengthen muscles and burn calories. Ballet-inspired classes like Pure Barre, Bar Method, and Balletone ...

AS A KID, I had a few years when I tried to be a ballerina. I didn’t have the flexibility, nor the grace, but I do think ballet trained me out of a general clumsiness. The modern fitness world likes ...