Adult ballerinas chasséing down memory lane: ‘More than just a side hobby’

By Kaitlyn Luckoff Medill Reports Debra Cannon, 66, leaves her job at Abbott Laboratories around 5 p.m. every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday – and puts on a ballet leotard. “I like the feel of being in ballet, wearing ballet clothes,” she said. Cannon suits up for Melanie Cortier’s 90-minute advanced beginner/intermediate class at Chicago Ballet […]