The reach-for-your-dream spectacle of TV competitions like "So You Think You Can Dance" has become a pop-culture narrative. But those trumped-up melodramas can't come close to the real-life sacrifice, ...

First position in ballet is the one in which you turn your feet out so that the heels touch and the feet try to form a straight line. First position in any competition is everybody’s goal. So it’s no ...

Ballet has found itself struggling to keep up with the times when it comes to diversifying. For more than 200 years, ballet positions like the arabesque and Plié have endured almost unchanged, but ...

More stories by Nigel M. Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to Bess Kargman’s ballet documentary “First Position.” The film recently had its world premiere at the Toronto ...