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 ...

I dropped my 7-year-old off at ballet class, preoccupied with trying to squeeze in a stop at a nearby consignment shop for its half-price winter clothes sale. Usually, I'd wait outside my daughter's ...

In seventh grade I began having trouble with my hearing, so much so that I had to wear hearing aids. When I wasn’t sitting close to my teachers it was challenging to hear them, and my friends were ...

The Red & Black publishes opinions from a number of contributors and staff columnists. Their opinions do not reflect the opinions of the editorial staff. The editorial staff is in no way involved with ...

Barre ballet classes are a firm favourite in the fitness scene for their ability to combine the grace and elegance of classical dance and Pilates with the rigour of strength training. As an ...

Tucked away in a nonprofit studio in Gary’s Miller neighborhood, professional dancers worked for hours on end, perfecting their moves before an upcoming performance of “Swan Lake.” Emma Keyes, a ...

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 ...