Dancer and dance teacher Leigh Brockman Horowitz knew that one of the first things she wanted to do when she moved from the New Orleans area to St. Louis was get involved with the dance community.

On a Tuesday in September, Mary Ruble walked up to the barre of the Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica for a 7:45 a.m. ballet class, joining about 30 women of all different ages. They ...

The professional life of a dancer is a hard one to crack but that doesn’t mean that a former ballet dancer can’t excel in another career. In fact, I think former dancers are probably some of ...