In this how-to video, Ballet Beautiful’s Mary Helen Bowers (who trained Natalie Portman for “Black Swan”) shares her chic-and-glowy makeup routine for everyday.

Ballerina Julie Kent joined the American Ballet Theatre in 1985, was anointed a principal dancer eight years later and will be retiring her pointe shoes after this season.

Gym rat reviews Barreworks, an airy new studio on Queen St. W., that combines ballet dance steps and stretches with core and resistance routines.

Even though they’re low impact, they can be surprisingly intense. And while studio classes will use a ballet barre, you need only a sturdy chair or table for this routine.