Nicola Ciotta teaches ballet to young ballerinas across Long Island. Plié, tendu, bourrée and arabesque are some of the lovely phonetic words from the dictionary of ballet, a beautifully stunning art ...

Stormi Llivicura reaches up to pop bubbles floating down from above. To Stormi, 14 months old, it’s a game, but the little girl from Patchogue is also being introduced to ballet positions — rising on ...

This Bay Ridge baby has a future — and a past — in ballet! A Ridge mom got the shock of her life last week when she unexpectedly gave birth to a healthy boy in the bathroom of a local dance studio ...

Melissa Verdecia always knew she wanted a baby, but as a dancer with Ballet Hispanico, she also knew getting pregnant would mean significant time off from a career that depends entirely on her body.