Tutu School, an international collection of boutique ballet studios created for young children, has grown to more than 125 locations across the U.S., Canada and the U.K. amid consecutive months of ...

Stormi Llivicura reaches up to pop bubbles floating down from above. To Stormi, 14 months old, it’s a game, but the little girl from Patchogue is also being introduced to ballet positions — rising on ...

Little girls all over the world share a dream of being a ballerina, gliding across stages in toe shows, fitted bodice and the stiff skirt made of netting. After all, what’s a ballerina without a tutu?

With apologies to pointe shoes, nothing says “classical ballet” like a tutu. For more than a century, little has changed with the basic structure of its two essential styles: the historically older ...

What’s it like teaching pre-ballet to kids under the age of 8? “It’s like herding squirrels,” Tutu School founder Genevieve Weeks said. Tutu School offers classes for kids aged 18 months to 8 years.

For the last nine years, children with Down syndrome in Alexandria, Virginia, have had the opportunity to be introduced to ballet thanks to The Purple Tutu. The program is now under the umbrella of ...