Cardio, schmardio. For the ultimate body and mind workout, some harried adults are pirouetting back in time — and signing themselves up for ballet class. Whether it’s curious first-timers looking to ...

If you loved ballet class as a kid and wish you could plié today, listen up: Adult ballet classes are a thing, and with over 68 million views on TikTok — not to mention the ever-booming balletcore ...

People often ask me, “How old is too old to start taking ballet class?” My answer to that is a quote from my late mother and recognized Master Ballet Teacher, Anne Bena: “If you can walk, you can ...

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 ...

Arabesque: In ballet it is a position of the body, in profile, supported on one leg, which can be straight or demi-plie, with the other leg extended behind and at right angles to it, and the arms held ...

Kay Martin approaches the ballet barre for a Friday morning class at Ballet Mississippi. The petite Madison woman, dressed in a black top, black footless tights and a skirt, practices various ...

Dancers perform a scene from "Swan Lake" at the Westside School of Ballet adult showcase at New Roads School in Santa Monica in August. (Zoe Cranfill / Los Angeles Times) For the record: 11:40 a.m.

Every Thursday evening at Civic Dancer Center, there is the one and only adult ballet class offered at the studio. The class is made up of women in their 20s all the way up to Darrellyn, who is 74 ...