There is no shortage of ballet, yoga and Pilates studios. But now barre studios are becoming more plentiful nationwide, including throughout the Bay Area, offering a trendy new type of workout that ...

The word “fusion” doesn’t just apply to trendy cuisine. The fitness world has adopted it too, defining it as two or more disciplines combined into one workout. Pilates instructor Molly Weeks has fused ...

Maddie Kring took ballet when she was a little girl. So when she came across a particular workout program at Full Throttle Fitness Factory in Shillington, it piqued her interest. The class, called ...

Karen Garcia of Alexandria is well known for her enthusiasm for health and Pilates. What few people know is that behind the Pilates instructor lives an avid reader and traveler, with a Cajun heritage.

Before the curtain goes up there will have been countless hours of rehearsal over weeks and months (not to mention the decade or so of training to get to that point). Before rehearsal comes class, ...

SteelCore Studio owner Marisa Cerveris, a former professional dancer with New York City Ballet, poses inside her business on West Broad Street in Bethlehem. BETHLEHEM, Pa. - A new Bethlehem studio is ...

Barre workouts are a little ballet, combined with dance, yoga or Pilates. Cleaves Rothacker’s version of barre fitness in Lancaster County has proven so popular at her downtown Lancaster Move It ...

Pit Bull and ballet don’t normally go together. Yet here at barre3, at The District, the reggaeton artist’s music is blasting and women are plieing. There are no pointe shoes in sight, though. Barre3 ...

As it does for many dancers, Pilates has become a go-to workout for Kristina Windom, a faculty member and guest ballet mistress of the Washington School of Ballet and a former company member of the ...

Founder Andrea Rogers says Xtend Barre, which allows ballet fans to channel their love of Swan Lake into a healthy gym session, is anything but your ordinary workout. Stacey Chew and Tiffany Murphy.