Dancing at any level involves reaching, bending, twisting, and exploring ambitious positions that push the limit. Dance stretches for flexibility help with achieving moves like high kicks and splits ...

I walked into the advanced beginner class at the Washington School of Ballet Saturday morning feeling like a student returning to school a day after playing hooky: anxious. Timid. A tad guilty. I’ve ...

Koresh School of Dance in Center City is offering a three-session workshop for ballet beginners starting on Saturday, Jan. 9. The studio offers drop-in adult classes in a variety of dance styles ...

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 ...

AS A KID, I had a few years when I tried to be a ballerina. I didn’t have the flexibility, nor the grace, but I do think ballet trained me out of a general clumsiness. The modern fitness world likes ...