Tamara Pagan beams with pride as she watches her 3-year-old daughter Ava Corlette dance around their home. As if spending the majority of her short life navigating lockdowns and quarantines hasn't ...

DURHAM, N.C. — About 18 girls and boys put on new ballet shoes and mirrored an instructor’s movements. They turned out their feet to demi-plie — down, one-two, up, three-four — and they pointed their ...

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 ...

Nine-year-old Namine Eiche may be in a wheelchair, but that doesn't stop her from being a ballet dancer. That's thanks to Tour de Force, a partnership between Milwaukee Ballet and Children's Hospital ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — For 90 minutes each week, these University of Michigan students devote their time to teaching small kids about ballet and literacy. The UM chapter of Ballet & Books teaches children ...

This post was updated Oct. 25 at 6:39 p.m. In traditional classes, dance and disability can be mutually exclusive – but one club at UCLA is seeking to eliminate this barrier. The Expressive Movement ...

When Trockadero dancer Phillip Martin-Nelson was a child, his autism was so severe that he couldn’t speak. After discovering ballet, Martin-Nelson made strides in his behavior and communication. It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ballet and Beyond NYC is a nonprofit making sure every kid in New York City has access to the arts by offering free dance and ...