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A barre instructor recommends these three standing exercises if you want to improve your posture and lower-body strength

Barre is a style of movement that can help you build strength, improve your posture and work on your mobility. It combines ...
The Atlantic

What Ballet Taught Me About My Body

Never before have humans lived such a disembodied existence. Many of us spend our days hunched over the computer, ignoring our body until our limbs go numb. As of 2011, only about 20 percent of ...
KSAT

Ageless Exercise: Ballet for Seniors

St. Louis, MO – We all know eating right and exercising are key to staying healthy. But can flexing our creative muscles help us thrive as we age? Research from the National Institute on Aging ...
People

Ballet Helped This Mother and Daughter Bond — and Bring Strength to Others Who Needed It: 'The Profound Impact Is Unbelievable'

Elizabeth and Susan Jacobson realized that adding ballet movements into older women's daily routines would be impactful on their health and bring them joy as well Courtesy Susan Jacobson It was in ...
Chicago Sun-Times

A Joffrey workout: 3 dancers suggest exercises to tone muscles at home

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Well+Good

I Danced With Reckless Abandon in an Anti-Perfection Ballet Class and Have Never Felt More Joy From Movement

Discover how one writer is healing her relationship to her body and reconnecting with the joy of dance in a new anti-perfection ballet class. I was nervous entering my first ballet class in more than ...