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 ...

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A ballet-inspired workout could help you slim ... obliques to sculpt a waist that is "lean and toned." Bring the arms to first position--a circle in front of your belly button.

then slide foot back in to first position. Repeat. Lift high on tippy toes of one supported leg, then lift other leg straight out to side with knee slightly bent. The traditional arm posture is ...

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.

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 ...