Kids at the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club are learning brand new vocabulary: piroutte, tendu, battement fondu — all part of the BE BOLD after-school ballet program created by the Misty Copeland ...

This post was updated Jan. 31 at 6:46 p.m. Ballet and Books is pairing pirouettes with page-turners to bring literacy to young students in the LA community. Back in November, the founder from Cornell ...

Lluvia Cervantes never took her eyes off of her teacher, Erin McMahon, at the Central West Ballet studio during ballet class earlier this month. Lluvia is 9 years old and has autism, and for the first ...

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Jae'Auna Brantley likes to round her hands up toward the sky and plié — a true ballerina. When Usher or the Korean-pop group BTS plays, she can't help but slip in a little shake of the hips or show ...

For the last nine years, children with Down syndrome in Alexandria, Virginia, have had the opportunity to be introduced to ballet thanks to The Purple Tutu. The program is now under the umbrella of ...

Misty Copeland has always known ballet was bigger than the stage. With her new children’s book, “Bunheads Act 2: The Dance of Courage,” the groundbreaking ballerina isn’t just telling stories about ...

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STAMFORD — The Connecticut Ballet hosted its annual children’s audition for "The Nutcracker" on Sunday. Dancers aged 7 to 15 throughout the region were invited to try out for the famed ballet. The ...