Markham Heid is a contributor at TIME. He is the author of The Habit Trap, due out in early 2027. Bethan Mooney for TIME In ballet training, the barre is the horizontal handrail dancers grip while ...

I spent most of my teenage years in a dance studio, and while I hung up my ballet shoes 10 years ago, dance-inspired workouts always excite me, because I know that dance training is one of the best ...

You might hear the word 'ballet' and recoil, reminded of childhood classes and bright pink tutus. Or, you might think it sounds like the perfect exercise. Whatever your views on ballet, if you want to ...

Never before have humans lived such a disembodied existence. Many of us spend our days hunched over the computer, ignoring our body until our limbs go numb. As of 2011, only about 20 percent of ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Vanessa Woods, a dancer with the St. Louis Ballet, is also the owner of Vitality Ballet, which teaches ballet to senior citizens ...

Mary Helen Bowers, a former ballet dancer and founder of Ballet Beautiful, created Ballet Baby while pregnant with her now 5-month-old daughter. "There were so many changes happening physically, so it ...