The Mercury

Candlelight Stretch class offered by dance instructor

On a recent Friday evening, Julie Chittick, a dance instructor from Feet First Dance in Phoenixville, placed several candles in the middle of a studio and asked her adult participants to space ...
Well+Good

I Danced With Reckless Abandon in an Anti-Perfection Ballet Class and Have Never Felt More Joy From Movement

Discover how one writer is healing her relationship to her body and reconnecting with the joy of dance in a new anti-perfection ballet class. I was nervous entering my first ballet class in more than ...
Washingtonian

Fitness Class Review: Advanced Beginner Class at the Washington School of Ballet

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 ...
The New York Times

The Place to Challenge Ballet’s Gender Stereotypes? In Daily Class

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Madison Mainwaring In a typical morning class at American Ballet Theater, the brightly lit studio feels like a laboratory. If you’ve watched these ...
EdSource

Ballet opens doors for children to chase the joy of dance

Watch Gabriela Rodriguez dance at New Ballet in San Jose. Gabriela Rodriguez first glimpsed the magic of ballet in the third grade. The 7-year-old didn’t know a pirouette from a puppet when she first ...