Getting dressed can be just as fun as the dancing itself.

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Dancers perform a scene from "Swan Lake" at the Westside School of Ballet adult showcase at New Roads School in Santa Monica in August. (Zoe Cranfill / Los Angeles Times) On a Tuesday in September, ...

Dancer and dance teacher Leigh Brockman Horowitz knew that one of the first things she wanted to do when she moved from the New Orleans area to St. Louis was get involved with the dance community.

Everything about the ballet studio felt strange but unmistakably familiar—the last-minute hair fixes, the floor marked by scruffs and fraying tape, and the chorus of vaguely Slavic accents, all ...

Gen Zers, specifically women in their late 20s, have been taking to TikTok to reveal that they’re learning ballet for the first time. While taking up a hobby in adulthood isn’t anything new, this ...

Tracy Somani and her classmates exercise toe extensions in a Philadelphia Ballet class for adults who have never danced ballet before. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

At 34 years old, Song Ji-hee is a ballerina — something she once thought she could never become. Every week, she pulls on a leotard and tights, ties the ribbons on her toe shoes and heads to the ...

When Caitlin Schneider stepped into her first ballet class in March 2024, she wasn’t chasing a childhood dream — she was just looking for a fresh challenge. A 42-year-old private yoga teacher from ...