Alexei Ratmansky creates a joyful new “Paquita” for New York City Ballet, giving the dancers a classical frame in which to ...
Photographer Gérard Uféras has been granted full access to the La Scala ballet corps' backstage over six years to produce a ...
The company’s current season features an array of engaging mixed bills, including two world premieres: Justin Peck’s ...
As the dancers whirled around the stage, the traditional Ukrainian dance was a welcome addition to the ballet. The pas de ... The shimmering silver tutus and dazzling tiaras of the snowflake ...
As a ballet, “The Sleeping Beauty” dates back to the 1890s and Russian master choreographer Marius Petipa. It’s a simple story told through pure dance, with little of the dramatic fireworks ...
Thanks to her, the tutu and pointe dancing have become essential aesthetic codes of classical ballet. Anna Pavlova (1881-1931): the icon of grace How can we talk about dance without thinking of ...
As a young child I was fascinated by the world of ballet, engrossed in the books by Noel Streatfeild and even donning some ballet slippers myself for a time, before the lure of Brownies took me away. ...
Like many other girls, I was enchanted by the pastel colours, fluffy tutus, and graceful movements ... “They were like ‘If you do dance, we will disown you’,” she says, laughing. Her dream to pursue a ...
At the Washington School of Ballet, lapsed ballet dancers—as well as new ones—train alongside prima ballerinas.
"Frida," a full-length ballet about the artist, will enjoy its U.S. premiere in a production by Ballet Arizona at Symphony ...
This Valentine's Day weekend, Ballet Arizona will showcase a powerful retelling of Frida Kahlo's life and her poignant, ...
Jorma Elo (right), resident choreographer at Boston Ballet, with Walnut Hill School for the Arts student Soho Choe. Elo is ...