WHENEVER I GET near a barre for ballet-based training, my brain reverts to 8 years old. It thinks I know all the moves from childhood ballet classes, so the class won’t be hard. The truth is, I’m an ...

The Rock Island-based Ballet Quad-Cities has extraordinary plans for 2008. It not only has renamed its dance school, it also has two performances of Dance Piano Extraordinaire, a slate of all-original ...

Ramona Pansegrau is a true romantic. Her love of beauty is manifest in all aspects of her life, from her work as music director for the Kansas City Ballet to her “secret garden,” a special refuge for ...