Like many little girls, I started dancing as a toddler. By 11 I was dancing en pointe and traveling around the Northeast to learn from different dance instructors. At 5 '11", I was often picked on for ...

Kara Skrubis, a dance major at the University of Buffalo tells PEOPLE about returning to ballet after her “devastating” battle with osteosarcoma Kara Skrubis has had a passion for ballet since she was ...

Abri Bentley woke up in a hospital bed on a chilly November day in 2017, halfway across the country from her home in Scottsdale. She had undergone surgery for a procedure that would terrify most ...

LALITPUR (ANI) – Sita Subedi’s story reminds many of a Bollywood biographical movie ‘Nache Mayuri’ made in 1986, starring Sudha Chandran. Chandran lost her leg in an accident which was amputated, but ...

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It’s been 15 years since Amy Jordan was hit by a New York City bus and almost lost her right leg as it lay pinned under the 15-ton vehicle. Lying on the street, the dancer from West Palm Beach vowed ...

My mother enrolled me into classical ballet when I was 3 years old — not an uncommon activity for many young children if they’re looking to become professional ballet dancers. During my ...