The benefits are many: improved posture, body awareness, strength and flexibility. “Ballet gives you the look that society wants–long legs–and it helps reduce hips,” says London-based Danceworks instructor Raymond Chai. “It gives you poise and confidence [and] you learn how to dance.”
For more information check out the following Web sites:
ballet-tanz.de: Run by the popular dance magazine, it lists classes in Germany, Britain, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and the United States. Just click on “schools.”
blue-diamond-dance.com: Advice on classes worldwide (United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand) and on ballet diet and stretching.
For country-specific sites, there’s also parisdance.com, dance.dk and www.dance.co.uk.
