When we think of ballet, we often imagine lithe, lean, long-limbed ballerinas gracefully and effortlessly performing demanding technical feats. However, maintaining a body that fulfills this aesthetic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Royal Ballet’s artistic associate Christopher Wheeldon - Rii Schroer Christopher Wheeldon has a guilty secret. “I grew up ...

The idealized look in the 1980s was muscular and toned (with leg warmers). That morphed into the skeletal “heroin chic” of the ’90s. More recently, a curvier physique with a big buttocks has dominated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the corps de ballet rarely receive individual recognition. But in a ballet like “Swan Lake,” which Cincinnati Ballet ...

Like clothing, body types can go in and out of fashion — but this might be the first time a person’s figure is trending due to the rise of certain prescription drugs. Since GLP-1s like Ozempic and ...

Alena Corniea, a sophomore dance major at the University of Minnesota, said she struggled with body image and disordered eating during her early teenage years related to her dance environment. Corniea ...

At Studio A in Los Angeles, Diane Kravif, 75, stands at the barre with pin-straight posture. Pink slippers cover her feet, and her silver bob is pushed back with a headband. Watching her tendu and ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — They are moving with grace through a world that often isn't fitted for them and in some cases one which has rejected them. Ahead of their signature holiday performance, a local ...