Barre ballet classes are a firm favourite in the fitness scene for their ability to combine the grace and elegance of classical dance and Pilates with the rigour of strength training. As an ...

Elizabeth Whitaker is not like the rest of Rebecca Mala's beginning ballet students. She's not just a bit older than the typical tyro -- by about 10 times. She's a year older than her teacher.

Ballet instructor Kristin Degnan-Boonin, at right, talks with dancers Katharine Marianacci and Julie Degnan after a previous rehearsal at the Ballet Northeast dance studio in Kingston. TIMES LEADER ...

If you feel like you dance with two left feet, wait until you meet Robert "Bobby" Barnett, who turned 100 on May 6 and is still in his dancing shoes. Barnett, who grew up in Washington state and was ...