In the interest of time, we're gonna be focusing on turns. The fouette sequence in Swan Lake. of being a principal ballerina. As a disclaimer, this is my interpretation of complexity. Level one, plie.

"To dance well, you have to be self-centered and focused on yourself," says Vanessa Zahorian, 32, a dancer in the San Francisco Ballet since 1997. Since childhood in rural Pennsylvania, dancing has ...

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 ...

Maintaining good posture is an ongoing struggle for the best of us. And it's not just aesthetics that suffer – poor poise can lead to all manner of aches and pains, and more severe damage in the ...