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 ...

Many young girls dream of one day becoming a prima ballerina. But for most students, the competition is tough and the pressure to fit in if you don’t have the proper body image can be discouraging.

“I hadn’t known until then that the basic ballet movements I was learning in class could lead to what I was seeing on stage,” he wrote. Another famous alumna danced alongside Beyoncé. “Ebony Williams, ...