Every Tuesday, the Children’s Museum of Richmond holds a freeform dance and play event called Tutus & Ties.

In the basement of Capitol Theatre, Cindy Farrimond, costume shop manager for Ballet West, and Jason Hadley, director of costumes for Ballet West, are busy these days making practice tutus.

Movement and play are good for children’s bodies and brains. In fact, movement can help increase memory, perception, language comprehension, attention, emotional understanding, and decision ...

Every Tuesday, the Children’s Museum of Richmond holds a freeform dance and play event called Tutus & Ties. “It’s an open event that the children can come and put on tutus — sometimes they ...