Signing up your kid for ballet class might seem like a great way to get them some exercise. But when ranked against other forms of dance in terms of how much exercise it provides, ballet class didn’t ...

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DURHAM, N.C. — About 18 girls and boys put on new ballet shoes and mirrored an instructor’s movements. They turned out their feet to demi-plie — down, one-two, up, three-four — and they pointed their ...

Showing his young charges how to bend and reach in ways that would make the average person weep for mercy, Fabrice Calmels tempered his pretzeling with a bit of advice good in life and ballet. The ...