Signing up for your first ballet class might feel like ... forming a wide V position (or, ideally, perfectly horizontal). Arms are in a round O shape in front of the dancer’s breastbone.

"I think I've had just the right amount of childhood and the right amount of ballet." REVIEW First Position Who: With Aran Bell, Michaela DePrince, Miko Fogarty, Rebecca Houseknecht, Joan ...

These kids literally pull themselves apart in an arms race ... the new documentary "First Position." Gorgeously re.ndered with heart and wit, the film follows a half-dozen ballet hopefuls as ...

On a recent Sunday morning, at an hour when many a teenager is still prone in bed, Adam Bernstein, 15, and Eli Gruska, 13, were lying face down on the floor of a Los Angeles ballet studio.

“let’s party” using your ballet arms), see some first class ballet dancing, find out the challenge of the first position and more. No previous ballet experience is required for those who ...

In the ballet world, the Youth American Grand Prix can make or break a young dancer’s career. In “First Position,” director Bess Kargman follows seven aspiring ballet dancers between the ...

Although I wasn’t anticipating a documentary on the subject, I was proven wrong, as First Position is a wondrous journey behind the scenes of the elite youth Grand Prix. The competition occurs every ...