Meet the expert: Isabella McGuire Mayes is the founder of Ballet With Isabella. She trained at The Royal Ballet School, before becoming the first British girl to join the Vaganova Ballet Academy in ...

Barre is a fitness class which is inspired by ballet, that first came to prominence in America in the 1970s. The workout focusses on your core with an aim to improve balance and posture.

the class gives an added boost of serotonin to the brain that allows students to ease into their bodies more easily.” Perhaps the popular version of all three, barre merges ballet, pilates and ...

The five-story building, expected to be completed in February 2026, will almost quadruple the ballet’s current space to 58,000 square feet. It currently occupies a 15,000-square-foot building on Wood ...