By Rebecca Karpus Taking ballet classes as an adult may seem like a bit of a risk — unlike most types of fitness, dance is, after all, an art form. The moment your hand touches the barre, the piano begins to play and you take an invigorating breath with your first plié, you are wonderfully
By Robin J. Miller March 12, 2020: Dance Victoria was one day away from presenting Ballet BC’s Romeo and Juliet at Victoria’s Royal Theatre. Thirty-two dancers had just arrived by ferry. Then BC’s public health chief, Dr. Bonnie Henry, made her fateful announcement. “We thought the shuttering of theatres wouldn’t happen until the next week,