Ballet training begins at the barre, but in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, a kitchen counter and the back of a couch has become a substitute for even America's most elite ballerinas. When the ...

Pointe shoes start out beautiful - satin works of art, each made with a graceful purpose in mind. But behind the beauty are hours of hard work, discipline and pain. The shoes can give a trained ...

to kind of warm my body up and start the day. Two in the middle of the class, to just have that little extra, like, let's break it open and push forward. And then three at the end, where I can do my ...