Everything about the ballet studio felt strange but unmistakably familiar—the last-minute hair fixes, the floor marked by scruffs and fraying tape, and the chorus of vaguely Slavic accents, all ...

The studio, leased by Complete Ballet CIC, officially opened its doors at the end of August, welcoming the first groups of dancers to classes designed to make ballet accessible, inclusive, and fun.

PETOSKEY — All of the little mice and soldiers, flowers and snowflakes at the Crooked Tree Arts Center’s School of Ballet are putting the final touches on this year’s performance of “The Nutcracker,” ...