But what about ballet, a type of dance widely thought to require extreme physical ability? Who would attempt to learn ballet in their later years? Yet perhaps surprisingly, there are a number of ...

After years of intensive training, Maari Gray retired from a career with the Royal New Zealand Ballet and contemporary dance at the age of 33. Physically gruelling routines, the pressure cooker of ...

The instructions were simple: From first position, demi plié twice, grand plié once, tendu to the right into second position, repeat the pliés, tendu into third position, repeat the pliés, tendu into ...