There I stood, a full-grown adult in my first-ever ballet class, and let me tell you: It was hard. Though my instructor, American Dance & Music’s (AD&M) Carrie Diamond, was kind and patient, I ...

It was a week into adult beginning ballet at Greenwood’s American Dance Institute (ADI), and a student had let out a knee-jerk apology for a small error during ...

As the world’s population ages, exercise advice targeting older adults has become more popular. Social dance, specifically, has been considered a good exercise for those of increasing age because it ...

Dancer and dance teacher Leigh Brockman Horowitz knew that one of the first things she wanted to do when she moved from the New Orleans area to St. Louis was get involved with the dance community.

Mistakes are met with laughs and gentle corrections. It’s Thursday evening at Springs Dance, and Kamille Galant is teaching adult ballet level 5. Here, individuals can learn and practice ballet at any ...

When Caitlin Schneider stepped into her first ballet class in March 2024, she wasn’t chasing a childhood dream — she was just looking for a fresh challenge. A 42-year-old private yoga teacher from ...

At Pico and La Cienega lies a glass door. As you enter, the smell of sweat intermingles with the tittering of classical piano music. In the waiting room, a smattering of people are adorned in every ...

Gillian’s paper, Psychological Well-Being and Adult Ballet: From the Perspective of the Adult Ballet Teacher, was published in the Journal of Dance Education on 1 April. The research looks at ...