When TaKiyah Wallace-McMillian was researching ballet classes for her daughter, she noticed a pattern. The majority of students and instructors at the ballet studios she found were white. She didn’t ...

A girl turned down from ballet schools because of her autism has finally achieved her dream to be a ballerina - and inspired a class for kids like her. Emilie-Rose Tricker, five, is non-verbal but ...

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 ...