When I signed up for my first adult ballet class in my 30s, I expected my technique to be rusty, but I didn’t expect to be totally stumped by what to wear. As a kid, my ballet school had a strict ...

Ballet: If you’re in a ballet school or conservatory program, there may be certain dress code rules to adhere to (e.g., the specific color of your leotard and tights). In college or adult open classes ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Echappe, jete, plie are not words used commonly in most classrooms, and certainly not classrooms occupied by a handful of teenage boys. But Raul Martinez’s ballet studio, and his ...

1. If you’re uncomfortable in a leotard, don’t wear one. You might associate ballet with black leotards and pink tights, but adult students generally aren’t required to dress like extras on “Dance ...

After the first weekend dance classes, parents had approximately one week to get the appropriate dance uniform for our children, students at Dance Theatre of Harlem. I stopped by the school store and ...

“These” were supports – elastic contraptions designed to hoist the family jewels out of harm’s way as the male dancer plies, jettes, ­pirouettes and attempts other potentially nut-cracking manoeuvres.