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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Kids Dance, the performance group of Ballet Tech, returned to the Joyce with a mix of premieres and classics. By Gia Kourlas The roots ...

Lluvia Cervantes never took her eyes off of her teacher, Erin McMahon, at the Central West Ballet studio during ballet class earlier this month. Lluvia is 9 years old and has autism, and for the first ...

Founded in 2017, Ballet & Books aims to reduce the literacy gap through a “hybrid storytelling of dance and reading,” according to founder and executive director Talia Bailes, also a fourth-year ...

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 ...

Ballet is the stuff dreams are made of – the epitome of precision, grace and beauty. What little girl hasn't dreamed of being up on that stage? Ten-year old Keren Rak-Mehler dreamed of being a ...

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 ...

Jae'Auna Brantley likes to round her hands up toward the sky and plié — a true ballerina. When Usher or the Korean-pop group BTS plays, she can't help but slip in a little shake of the hips or show ...

Tuition-free, after-school dance classes for children and teens will be offered through the New Orleans Ballet Association, with registration starting Aug. 15 online and in person Aug. 22 at several ...