It was 2016 and I had asked for warm-up boots for Christmas. The puffy boots, which looked like trash bags, insulated the feet before rehearsals and were wildly popular at my ballet studio. After ...

Aliya Brooks was hugely inspired by her grandmother, Mildred "Millie" Cruzat, who was a dancer. Millie taught dance and stretching until age 93, and followed a balanced but fun lifestyle. Brooks ...

As a teenager, ballet was just one of my extracurriculars, a hobby alongside piano and watercoloring. But as it turns out, ballet demanded more from me than tickling the ivory. Six days a week, we met ...

My Spotify is my most honest form of social media. Instagram is a polished, posed image of my hilarious, cool, city girl life. Twitter is a library of my neverending witty refrains, dry remarks and ...

Relatedly, dancers often have a shortened rehearsal period for “The Nutcracker,” alongside their litany of matinee and ...

When I signed my daughter up for ballet classes at 2-and-a-half, I thought dance would be fun for her. She was a girlie, princess-loving child, and tutus and twirling seemed right up her alley. OK, ...

Central Florida dance organizations have been on the move this summer, with the merger of Ballet Fedotov and Orlando City Ballet, the relocation of the Central Florida Ballet and the opening of a ...