New Ballet’s free educational programming got a leg up recently in the form of a $10,000 Challenge America award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). “This programming connects students in ...
Watch Gabriela Rodriguez dance at New Ballet in San Jose. Gabriela Rodriguez first glimpsed the magic of ballet in the third grade. The 7-year-old didn’t know a pirouette from a puppet when she 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 ...
Throughout her ballet career, Misty Copeland has worked to break racial barriers in the world of dance. She is doing it again — this time with an after-school dance program for children of color. The ...
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 ...