Practice these eight ballet stretches to help improve your flexibility. 8 Ballet Stretches Plié Stretch. ... The splits stretch, which is also known as the grand écart, ...

Isabella Boylston, principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre in New York, teaches easy and effective stretches and exercises to practice during quarantine and working from home.

Health & Fitness; New 'Flexibility Through Ballet' class models healthy, effective stretches . Updated: ; Mar. 29, 2011, 11:00 a.m. | Published: ; Mar. 29, 2011, 10: ...

Part of HuffPost Lifestyle. ©2025 BuzzFeed, Inc. This Ballet Dancer's Insane Flexibility Will Make Your Pelvis Hurt. Ouch.

Gym rat reviews Barreworks, an airy new studio on Queen St. W., that combines ballet dance steps and stretches with core and resistance routines.

When I was 12, I competed in a talent show. The prize was a scholarship to study ballet at Manhattan’s Uptown Dance Academy — and I got it. I trained at the company until I was about 17 years old.