For the last few weeks, my husband “Derek” and I have been at odds over allowing our 8-year-old son, “Noah,” to take ballet lessons. Noah has a cousin who does ballet, and over the Christmas holiday ...

Geniss Duran, 3, is the littlest dancer in Aida Perez’s Ballet Folklorico classes. Her mom, Yesenia Flores, said the weekly dance lessons are a good way to get her daughter involved in activities ...

Founded in 2017, Ballet & Books aims to reduce the literacy gap through a “hybrid storytelling of dance and reading,” according to founder and executive director Talia Bailes, also a fourth-year ...

Sometimes you can find new interests in old places. For me, it was discovering a love of ballet more than 15 years after I first started training. Let me explain. I took ballet lessons from second ...

Morton Street Dance Center founder Donna Jacobs has spent decades teaching Baltimore students that dance is about more than ...

The world of dance isn’t immune to the effects of coronavirus, but the arts won’t be completely denied. “We’re just doing our best to be part of the new normal for now,” said Danny Mitsios, executive ...

Four of Heather Sorter’s young ballet students recently traveled to San Mateo County to participate in the annual Youth America Grand Prix in Millbrae. “This is the first time I watched my students ...

Samantha Collen has performed all over the world, graduating from St. Petersburg State Conservatory and training and teaching at the world-renown Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg, ...

Tamara Pagan beams with pride as she watches her 3-year-old daughter Ava Corlette dance around their home. As if spending the majority of her short life navigating lockdowns and quarantines hasn't ...