Cardio, schmardio. For the ultimate body and mind workout, some harried adults are pirouetting back in time — and signing themselves up for ballet class. Whether it’s curious first-timers looking to ...

Dancers perform a scene from "Swan Lake" at the Westside School of Ballet adult showcase at New Roads School in Santa Monica in August. (Zoe Cranfill / Los Angeles Times) For the record: 11:40 a.m.

The North Dakota Ballet Co. and Academy has begun a series of ballet-based classes to provide dance education and fitness to adults in all levels of dance. Ballet dancers are known for long and lean ...

Ohio Contemporary Ballet will present its much-anticipated summer performances across the Great Lakes region. This season promises a mesmerizing blend of classical and contemporary ballet programs, ...

Everything about the ballet studio felt strange but unmistakably familiar—the last-minute hair fixes, the floor marked by scruffs and fraying tape, and the chorus of vaguely Slavic accents, all ...

The Washington School of Ballet offers open classes for adults at all skill levels. Want to try ballet? The Washington School of Ballet offers open classes for adults at a variety of skill levels, in ...

As the lights came up over the audience, an empty black stage was revealed, without a single performer or prop. My eyes searched the blank slate for something to hold onto, but there was simply ...

Ballet dancers move elegantly across the studio floor in their blue and black costumes as music from Arturo Martinez plays. This particular piece - called ‘Pandemonium’ - is where the company gets to ...