NEW YORK (AP) — “Ballet is the ultimate optical illusion,” says Paul Grayson, artistic director of the American Ballet Company. “We make effort appear effortless. We make difficult divine.” Ballet’s ...

Kara Skrubis has had a passion for ballet since she was 3 years old, competing across the country and sharing dreams to teach the younger generation how to dance. Now 21, the New York native tells ...

We can stand upright because our bones form a sturdy internal framework to which our muscles and skin are firmly attached. Without bones, the human body would collapse into a quivering mass of tissue.