Tamara Pagan beams with pride as she watches her 3-year-old daughter Ava Corlette dance around their home. As if spending the majority of her short life navigating lockdowns and quarantines hasn't ...

Founded in 2017, Ballet & Books aims to reduce the literacy gap through a “hybrid storytelling of dance and reading,” according to founder and executive director Talia Bailes, also a fourth-year ...