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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

RACINE COUNTY — Over the past year, Tess Dimler spent between five to eight hours in training each weekday, working toward her dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer. That hard work has taken ...

When former international ballet star Jean-Hugues Feray decided to open his own dance school in Jupiter in early 2009, the Keavy family noticed. They recognized Feray immediately from his years ...