The retired ballerina writes about sex, drugs and ballet in her debut novel 'First Position' Andres de Lara Melanie Hamrick may have spent 15 years with the American Ballet Theater, but make no ...

This post was updated Jan. 31 at 6:46 p.m. Ballet and Books is pairing pirouettes with page-turners to bring literacy to young students in the LA community. Back in November, the founder from Cornell ...

NEW YORK — Melanie Hamrick, who knows her way around a quick pirouette, had to move fast when her 6-year-old son Deveraux recently picked up a copy of her new novel, “First Position,” as she was ...

For most kids, reading and dancing might seem like two completely different worlds — one quiet and focused, the other full of rhythm and movement. But at Ballet & Books, the two come together to ...

Netflix's latest bingeable TV series, Tiny Pretty Things, is basically Pretty Little Liars meets Black Swan. Set at an elite Chicago ballet school, the juicy murder mystery begins when prima ballerina ...

Local photographer Scott Detweiler always felt there was something magical and romantic about ballerinas, from the way they seem to float in the air to the strength they show when performing ...