A very important part of ballet is shoes. For dancers dressed in tights and tutus, getting up on pointe is a move known as “pointe,” and it requires a rugged pair of ballet shoes.

Cardio, schmardio. For the ultimate body and mind workout, some harried adults are pirouetting back in time — and signing themselves up for ballet class. Whether it’s curious first-timers looking to ...

Learning something new as an adult is a vulnerable thing. Especially something physical, especially something you’ve been ...

This article was written by one of our Young Reporters, a scheme that gives 14 to 18-year-old school students a chance to write for a real newspaper. Find out more at the Young Reporter website. The ...

When young 13-year-old ballerina Merci Higdon walked through the doors of Toptoe Dancewear in Baton Rouge, she was greeted by classical music, chandeliers and a professional balle ...

Ballet could be called the art of gracefully defying gravity. Alighting on their toes, ballerinas seem to flout the earthbound pull to which the rest of us are subject. And no time is that more ...

Olga Supphozova glides across the stage in pointe shoes and a feathered tutu, her arms extended in elegant lines of beauty and strength. But the piece is called “The Dying Swan” for a reason — pretty ...

The story below is one of several that originated from watching Jose Navas create a new work for Ballet BC called the bliss that from their limbs all movement takes for Ballet BC. It’s being published ...