For most kids, reading and dancing might seem like two completely different worlds — one quiet and focused, the other full of rhythm and movement. But at Ballet & Books, the two come together to ...

Watch Gabriela Rodriguez dance at New Ballet in San Jose. Gabriela Rodriguez first glimpsed the magic of ballet in the third grade. The 7-year-old didn’t know a pirouette from a puppet when she first ...

Founded in 2017, Ballet & Books aims to reduce the literacy gap through a “hybrid storytelling of dance and reading,” according to founder and executive director Talia Bailes, also a fourth-year ...

Performances in N.Y.C. It could be that the youngest dancers are the real stars of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at New York City Ballet. Credit... Supported by By Gia Kourlas Visuals by Erik Tanner ...