Before you start dancing, make sure to warm up your body with cardio and dynamic stretching. A prepared body is more responsive to new movements. Also, do your best to be present and to clear your ...

While there’s no “one way” to become a professional ballerina, many performers who dance for a living follow a typical trajectory. Keep reading to learn the steps (you are a dancer, after all) to help ...

Tracy Somani and her classmates exercise toe extensions in a Philadelphia Ballet class for adults who have never danced ballet before. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

The instructions were simple: From first position, demi plié twice, grand plié once, tendu to the right into second position, repeat the pliés, tendu into third position, repeat the pliés, tendu into ...

You’ve heard it before, and it’s true: we learn by doing. But we also learn by watching. Whether it’s a salsa teacher running through a dance sequence, a tennis coach demonstrating proper serving ...

What does your business do? “We offer multiple levels of dance classes. We have a dance company that competes,” McLoughlin said. Where do you compete? “We go to competitions in the spring and compete ...