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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...