Pointe shoes start out beautiful - satin works of art, each made with a graceful purpose in mind. But behind the beauty are hours of hard work, discipline and pain. The shoes can give a trained ...

In a studio in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Francia Russell Center, a smiling Jensine Winther presses the camera button on her iPad, capturing an image of her 10-year-old daughter, Rose Hayden, at the ...

If there were any lingering doubts about the transparent strength and athleticism of dancers, they have surely been quashed thanks to the recent rash of bad-ass ballerinas on screen. And as with any ...

EDWARDS, Colorado ” Inside a brightly-lit studio in Edwards, teenaged girls practice a dance called the Pas de Prokofiev. The ballerinas perform a series of jumps, their pointe shoes hitting the floor ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Seventeen-year-old Alaja Badalich has been dancing since she was two years old and dancing classical ballet since she was 10 years old. A regular on the stage, though she says ...

More than 300 ballet dancers in New York have broken a world record! Kelly Ripa was one of 306 people that gathered on West 67th Street in New York City on Tuesday to break the Guinness World Record ...

If there were any lingering doubts about the sheer strength and athleticism of dancers, they have surely been quashed thanks to the recent rash of bad-ass ballerinas on screen. From the graceful yet ...

Kelly Ripa overcame her nerves to balance en pointe for one minute with principle dancers from the American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet More than 300 ballet dancers in New York have broken ...