When we think of ballet, we often imagine lithe, lean, long-limbed ballerinas gracefully and effortlessly performing demanding technical feats. However, maintaining a body that fulfills this aesthetic ...

Christopher Wheeldon has a guilty secret. “I grew up listening to Phantom of the Opera,” he says. “As an 11-year-old, those big blockbuster musicals were everything. Seeing Starlight Express: it was ...

The idealized look in the 1980s was muscular and toned (with leg warmers). That morphed into the skeletal “heroin chic” of the ’90s. More recently, a curvier physique with a big buttocks has dominated ...

Like clothing, body types can go in and out of fashion — but this might be the first time a person’s figure is trending due to the rise of certain prescription drugs. Since GLP-1s like Ozempic and ...

“If everyone knew how physically cruel dancing really is, nobody would watch,” said Margot Fonteyn, prima ballerina assoluta of The Royal Ballet. “Only those people who enjoy bull fights.” From The ...

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