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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 ...

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 ...

For the last nine years, children with Down syndrome in Alexandria, Virginia, have had the opportunity to be introduced to ballet thanks to The Purple Tutu. The program is now under the umbrella of ...

Each fall, around 50–100 Sullivan Partnership School ballet students jump for joy as they receive ballet shoes as part of an ...

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 ...

“I think this is a memory these kids will have forever," the studio owner said. — -- It’s safe to say these Philadelphia dads were sore after taking ballet class with their children. “I think ...

Jae'Auna Brantley likes to round her hands up toward the sky and plié — a true ballerina. When Usher or the Korean-pop group BTS plays, she can't help but slip in a little shake of the hips or show ...

Students practice in an upper-level class at Victoria Ballet and Art in Palo Alto on Jan. 27, 2023. Photo by Grace Doerfler. Victoria Lee remembers seeing ballet dancers for the first time as a child ...