On Sunday afternoons, I dance ballet. Every week, I drive 20 minutes to a woman’s house and line up with a small congregation of other bodies alongside a portable barre. The room has been rearranged ...

When I signed up for my first adult ballet class in my 30s, I expected my technique to be rusty, but I didn’t expect to be totally stumped by what to wear. As a kid, my ballet school had a strict ...