Balance is a key function of our bodies that we often forget about, but it’s important to practice. Balance may bring to mind extreme activities like gliding across a gymnastics beam or walking a ...

De Monte demonstrates the beginner-friendly hip stretches while yoga teacher Mara Cimatoribus does the advanced ones. He recommends doing each move for one minute, but if that feels too challenging, ...

“Usually when people are stretching, something is bent; the leg is bent, the back is rounded,” said Donna Flagg, a dancer and instructor with the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. “But bent is not ...

Deidre Rogan, a dancer in the Alvin Ailey company, shares her 10-minute routine of hip stretches for dancers she does every morning. Routine is a big part of Deidre Rogan’s life as a member of the ...

Yes, stretching can be deeply dull and the most obvious thing to skip over. But it’s also one of the most vital aspects of any physical activity—particularly dancing in an audition situation. That’s ...

On a recent Friday evening, Julie Chittick, a dance instructor from Feet First Dance in Phoenixville, placed several candles in the middle of a studio and asked her adult participants to space ...

Fernanda Castillo, a native of Guatemala, performs in "The Dying Swan" in 2019. Her ballet career took her to the United States, Europe and Russia before she changed course and became a student at ...