Ballet has always had a complicated relationship with gender. In the classical roles we watch on stage, men play princes and heartbreakers who leap high in the air and take up entire stages with large ...
In professional ballet, the female dancer often appears light and airy and seems to float lightly into the air without effort performing en pointe (on the tips of the toes). By contrast, the male ...
A popular Turning Pointe program returns this winter to teach job readiness and employment skills, and train job seekers on the autism spectrum how to be gainfully and competitively employed.
The first time Ashton Edwards tried dancing on pointe, it felt like coming home. “It was just like magic. It felt beautiful on pointe. I felt like I could dance forever.” Edwards, originally from ...
Although he's only 33 years old, dancer Joshua Thake's life journey has brought him from a self-described "low-key suburban childhood" in rural Massachusetts to some of the world's most revered stages ...
Sunday, April 2, may be World Autism Awareness Day, but every day at Turning Pointe Autism Foundation is an opportunity to support the autistic community while helping the public understand them ...