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 ...

HILDA MORALES is a native of New York City. Shortly after her birth, her parents returned to their native Puerto Rico. At the age of nine, she began her formal ballet training with Ana Garcia. At the ...

At Pico and La Cienega lies a glass door. As you enter, the smell of sweat intermingles with the tittering of classical piano music. In the waiting room, a smattering of people are adorned in every ...