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 ...

“Dancers are flexible people,” says Atlanta Ballet Artistic Director Gennadi Nedvigin, and I know what he means. As a professor of dance who taught virtual classes from my cramped living room and ...

to kind of warm my body up and start the day. Two in the middle of the class, to just have that little extra, like, let's break it open and push forward. And then three at the end, where I can do my ...

Misty Copeland illustrates her superhuman flexibility in five ballet stretches. These stretches include the Seated Side-Straddle, Double Pigeon Pose, Seated Side Stretch, Front Split, and Frog Pose.

A budding ballet talent from the Philippines, Garry Corpuz joined the Hong Kong Ballet’s corps de ballet last year having performed in classic productions such as The Nutcracker and Le Corsaire. As a ...

There are two things I know to be true. One, I love a challenge. (Perhaps you remember my daily plank practice?) And two, I hate failing. When the opportunity to partake in a flexibility challenge ...

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — More than a dozen men and women sit in chairs spread in front of a stage in a bright room. Many are chattering. Others sit quietly. Then ballet instructor Vanessa Woods’ voice cuts ...

Pirouettes and arabesques perfectly executed, dozens of dancers in a colorful assemblage of sweat pants and leotards perform an exhaustive routine at rehearsals in downtown Montevideo. Rehearsals at ...

Ballet Theatre of Maryland is starting its 2014 season in history-making fashion, offering its first full-length production of “Swan Lake” in three performances over the Feb. 21-23 weekend at Maryland ...

At midseason, the Ballet Theatre of Maryland is a cohesive new company with 24-year-old roots that is poised to reveal its image reflecting the vision of artistic director Dianna Cuatto. Cuatto ...

Children dressed in leotards, tights and ballet shoes, do moves that many adults would struggle to do. The children aged five to 13 years are very flexible and they synchronise their moves with ...