Edgar Degas was transfixed by the beauty of the ballet — but even more fascinated by the hard work of its dancers. The Phillips Collection in... Degas' Dancers: Behind The Scenes, At The Barre It's ...

On Sunday afternoons, I dance ballet. Every week, I drive 20 minutes to a woman’s house and line up with a small congregation of other bodies alongside a portable barre. The room has been rearranged ...

Dancer trainees at the Philadelphia Ballet use a steel girder as a barre during a topping off ceremony for the company's 48,000-square-foot addition to its building on North Broad Street. (Emma ...

In a Milwaukee basement, a group of parents, friends, and siblings gathered to see a ballet produced by a pre-teen Kara Wilkes. “It was very professional,” said Wilkes. “We had tickets and it was ...