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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Staying in shape has been one of the more challenging aspects of social distancing during the coronavirus crisis. With gyms closed to help stop the spread of the disease, people are having to get ...
I felt deeply guilty after forgetting my daughter's ballet viewing, and she was inconsolable. I called my own mom for perspective and solace. She helped us reframe this mistake as a lesson in empathy ...