When we think of ballet, we often imagine lithe, lean, long-limbed ballerinas gracefully and effortlessly performing demanding technical feats. However, maintaining a body that fulfills this aesthetic ...

Christopher Wheeldon has a guilty secret. “I grew up listening to Phantom of the Opera,” he says. “As an 11-year-old, those big blockbuster musicals were everything. Seeing Starlight Express: it was ...

The idealized look in the 1980s was muscular and toned (with leg warmers). That morphed into the skeletal “heroin chic” of the ’90s. More recently, a curvier physique with a big buttocks has dominated ...

Like clothing, body types can go in and out of fashion — but this might be the first time a person’s figure is trending due to the rise of certain prescription drugs. Since GLP-1s like Ozempic and ...

The ballet look is in vogue. “Balletcore” — think tulle, leggings, leg warmers etc. — can be seen on runways with "freaky tutus" and in department stores with Miu Miu’s popular $1,000 flats, on TikTok ...

Alena Corniea, a sophomore dance major at the University of Minnesota, said she struggled with body image and disordered eating during her early teenage years related to her dance environment. Corniea ...

I was saddened to read about the experiences of two former Richmond Ballet dancers (“Lawsuit alleging abuse at Richmond Ballet can proceed, judge says,” Aug. 20). I am not writing to try to give ...

A pop-up ballet class for adults at Jax Yoga aimed to continue Jacksonville's tradition of dance and allow its members to ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — They are moving with grace through a world that often isn't fitted for them and in some cases one which has rejected them. Ahead of their signature holiday performance, a local ...

New York City Ballet presents a new work of uncanny beauty, with costumes by Iris van Herpen, inspired by nature and ...

Orange County native Anna Wassman-Cox always knew ballet could spark joy. But it wasn’t until the two-time breast cancer survivor came back to dance after battling her illness that she realized ballet ...