Arts & Extras: Ballet school leaps from Salem to Roanoke  Roanoke Times

Toes will be en pointe in a former silk manufacturing plant when Star City School of Ballet opens its new home in February.

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Arts & Extras: Ballet school leaps from Salem to Roanoke – Roanoke Times

In an economy that has people cutting the extras from their lives, Barbara Queen, of Joplin, says her exercise classes will not be among the things she forgoes. Queen said Pilates classes have improved her overall health and that the expense of the classes is well worth it.

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Participants say yoga, Pilates are excellent stress relievers