Signing up for your first ballet class might feel like ... forming a wide V position (or, ideally, perfectly horizontal). Arms are in a round O shape in front of the dancer’s breastbone.

"I think I've had just the right amount of childhood and the right amount of ballet." REVIEW First Position Who: With Aran Bell, Michaela DePrince, Miko Fogarty, Rebecca Houseknecht, Joan ...

Ultimately, “First Position” may document an approach to ballet that’s on its way out, and one can hope that Kargman continues to follow her subjects---especially the phenomenal Aran Bell ...

On a recent Sunday morning, at an hour when many a teenager is still prone in bed, Adam Bernstein, 15, and Eli Gruska, 13, were lying face down on the floor of a Los Angeles ballet studio.

A documentary by Bess Kargman. Rated G. It’s not quite as riveting as 2009’s Only When I Dance—about two Brazilian teens facing ballet competitions—and a couple of films about aspirants to ...

Although I wasn’t anticipating a documentary on the subject, I was proven wrong, as First Position is a wondrous journey behind the scenes of the elite youth Grand Prix. The competition occurs every ...

In the ballet world, the Youth American Grand Prix can make or break a young dancer’s career. In “First Position,” director Bess Kargman follows seven aspiring ballet dancers between the ...

"I just love ballet so much," he says. "It's hard to explain." Sponsor Message That passion is evident in almost all of the dancers in First Position. But their personal stories are very different.

Bess Kargman’s documentary follows six young dancers from around the world as they prepare for one of the most prestigious ballet competitions in the world. By THR Staff First Position PR ...