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 ...

Barre classes centre around classic ballet moves such as pliés and arabesques, with a focus on correct form and muscle recruitment as opposed to dance sequences. Legwork plays a major role, which ...

Pliés, relevés, and sauté jumps don’t just look graceful, the ballet moves also lengthen and strengthen muscles and burn calories. Ballet-inspired classes like Pure Barre, Bar Method, and Balletone ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The dance studios and weekly classes are all long gone, so what are budding ...

Ballet training begins at the barre, but in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, a kitchen counter and the back of a couch has become a substitute for even America's most elite ballerinas. When the ...

The allure of long, graceful muscles and good posture are the sweet promises behind barre workouts. Barre teachers say the workout’s combination of dance exercises, yoga and Pilates is perfect for an ...

We checked in with American Ballet Theater and New York City Ballet to see how the companies were keeping dancers fit, and together. Carlos Lopez, a ballet master with American Ballet Theater, ...

Interest in adult ballet has increased by 75% over the last three to five years, according to the Royal Academy of Dance. The trend is driven by a resurgence of ballet-inspired fashion and a desire to ...

to kind of warm my body up and start the day. Two in the middle of the class, to just have that little extra, like, let's break it open and push forward. And then three at the end, where I can do my ...

Maddie Kring took ballet when she was a little girl. So when she came across a particular workout program at Full Throttle Fitness Factory in Shillington, it piqued her interest. The class, called ...