Aliya Brooks was hugely inspired by her grandmother, Mildred "Millie" Cruzat, who was a dancer. Millie taught dance and stretching until age 93, and followed a balanced but fun lifestyle. Brooks ...

“Dancers are flexible people,” says Atlanta Ballet Artistic Director Gennadi Nedvigin, and I know what he means. As a professor of dance who taught virtual classes from my cramped living room and ...

Misty Copeland illustrates her superhuman flexibility in five ballet stretches. These stretches include the Seated Side-Straddle, Double Pigeon Pose, Seated Side Stretch, Front Split, and Frog Pose.

“These are side stretches using the TheraBand. It works the core and it’s for alignment too. If you align your back very well and restrict yourself to the small movements, it’s a good workout. It ...

to kind of warm my body up and start the day. Two in the middle of the class, to just have that little extra, like, let's break it open and push forward. And then three at the end, where I can do my ...

Pirouettes and arabesques perfectly executed, dozens of dancers in a colorful assemblage of sweat pants and leotards perform an exhaustive routine at rehearsals in downtown Montevideo. Rehearsals at ...

I have a confession to make. And I’m going to need all of my former ballet teachers and indoor cycling students to sit down and take a deep breath. lead flexologist at StretchLab Cherry Hills, an ...

Being able to do the splits is a remarkable feat. If you're not quite bendy enough to strike the pose (it me), you might think the splits are reserved for a select few elite. Don't count yourself out ...

At midseason, the Ballet Theatre of Maryland is a cohesive new company with 24-year-old roots that is poised to reveal its image reflecting the vision of artistic director Dianna Cuatto. Cuatto ...