That babe next to you at the gym pumping hundred-pound barbells? She’s a ballerina, not a bodybuilder. These days, top dancers can’t get by on grace and agility alone — which is why more of them are ...

WASHINGTON — For those who think that hopping, shuffling, shouting and jumping isn’t fulfilling, there is the demi-plie releve in first position. The demi-plie releve routine, as described by the New ...

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 ...

Never before have humans lived such a disembodied existence. Many of us spend our days hunched over the computer, ignoring our body until our limbs go numb. As of 2011, only about 20 percent of ...

Ballet is SO many things. It's beautiful, it's brutal, it's technical, it's grace epitomized. But for so long, classical ballet has been an art form that most of us could only admire from afar — ...

Mary Helen Bowers has been training Victoria's Secrets models for years with Ballet Beautiful Fitness. After dancing with New York City Ballet for 10 years, she took a break to go back to school.

Pointed toes, colorful tutus, strong legs and arms holding practically impossible poses while still looking incredibly graceful — yeah, ballerinas are basically superheroes with even more amazing ...

Dancers perform during a rehearsal for 'Ballet and Beyond' by the Joburg Ballet in Johannesburg, South Africa on April 1. (Kim Ludbrook/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock/11840729g ...

Imagine your mind and body as teammates working together to achieve your goals. If one isn't at its best, the other will feel it too. Holistic fitness recognizes this intrinsic connection and aims to ...

It's not Pilates core training and it's not barre lower body/core workouts, both of which have elements of ballet dancing. Instead, Nashville is about to get its first ballet fitness studio, Body & ...

Barre workouts are a little ballet, combined with dance, yoga or Pilates. Cleaves Rothacker’s version of barre fitness in Lancaster County has proven so popular at her downtown Lancaster Move It ...

There's likely no assumption you've made about boxing (brutal, reactive?) or ballet (elitist, punishing?) that hasn't crossed the minds of Zoe Emilie Henrot and Dalton Outlaw. Henrot, a lithe ...