First Position is a welcome antidote to tawdry reality shows like Dance Moms and breathless competitions like So You Think You Can Dance. Director Bess Kargman’s documentary follows a half-dozen ...

In a back-corner ballet studio in suburban Maryland one recent Saturday morning, Lucy Martini, 7, dangled in a harness rigged to the ceiling, a fluffy white bow poised atop her head as a studio ...

Jae'Auna Brantley likes to round her hands up toward the sky and plié — a true ballerina. When Usher or the Korean-pop group BTS plays, she can't help but slip in a little shake of the hips or show ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Kids Dance, the performance group of Ballet Tech, returned to the Joyce with a mix of premieres and classics. By Gia Kourlas The roots ...

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Performances in N.Y.C. It could be that the youngest dancers are the real stars of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at New York City Ballet. Credit... Supported by By Gia Kourlas Visuals by Erik Tanner ...

Documentary. Directed by Bess Kargman. (Not rated. 94 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Yes, it is possible to create a gripping documentary about the ballet world without resorting to "Black Swan" ...

Lluvia Cervantes never took her eyes off of her teacher, Erin McMahon, at the Central West Ballet studio during ballet class earlier this month. Lluvia is 9 years old and has autism, and for the first ...