Kids at the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club are learning brand new vocabulary: piroutte, tendu, battement fondu — all part of the BE BOLD after-school ballet program created by the Misty ...

Wherever ballet is studied, the names of the steps are in French: tendu, grande battement, pirouette, tour en l’air, etc. Discover the five basic positions, how ballet began and how it ...

I enrolled in Foundations of Ballet 1 last fall to learn more about the artform I’d fallen hard for. What I discovered in the Foundations course is that grace and force have to be earned over ...

Contact the Oregon Ballet Theatre at 503-227-6890 or visit them at www.obt.org. -- Alexandra Manzano; [email protected] ...