ballet

For a great many people, there are obstacles in life that seem to stand in the way of reaching a dream. But it's often said that such challenges are what ...

Izzy Fletcher, a 5-year-old cancer patient from Worcester, has had a rough time in the hospital lately. But ...

An 11-year-old boy from Lagos, Nigeria, is inspiring many with his skillful ballet dance. Gracefully spinning among a group ...

As a composer of music for the classical concert hall, I have been surprised from time to time ...

When COVID-19 shuttered the United States, the performing arts were hit hard, especially ballet. Few dancers have space ...

NEW YORK—Classical Chinese dance is replete with gravity-defying tumbling techniques, and the high flying leaps and flips performed ...

LAS VEGAS—Dance is a universal language that brings people together from around the world. So when Russian-born Las ...

LONDON, U.K.—Brenda Taylor BEM [British Empire Medal], principal of The Brenda Taylor School of Dance and Performing Arts ...

Classical ballet has a familiar place in our minds. We know who invented it, the major stars and ...

Classical Chinese dancer Gu Yun began training professionally as a dancer at age 14. Over the course of ...

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia—“Some of the most amazing dancers in the world came out of a barn,” professional ballet ...

TORONTO–Children have the tendency to explore the world with wonder—they see and understand life with a pure and ...

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.—At the beginning of each dance class, the students bow to their teachers. At the end of ...

There are two different paths for the leading ladies of “Anna Karenina.” On one, we find the main ...

Would you wait 100 years to find your true love? The princess in "The Sleeping Beauty" did, and ...

For Harrison James, the ability to embody a multitude of characters through dance is one of the most ...

Matthew Bourne’s presentation of “The Red Shoes” masterfully tells a tale of three people undone by obsessive ambitions.

KIEV, Ukraine—The house was almost sold out, with many families with small children in attendance—more than one would ...

TORONTO—"Pinocchio" has inspired countless adaptations and recreations since Carlo Collodi first published the children's story in late 19th ...

NEW YORK—Wendy Whelan, one of America's most celebrated ballerinas, the definitive contemporary ballerina, the last of a generation, who had joined ...

TORONTO—Since the publication of "The Little Prince" in 1943, this delicate tale of self-discovery has fascinated children and ...

Misty Copeland, the first African-American to become the principal dancer of the famous American Ballet Theatre, has had ...

For National Ballet of Canada principal dancer Heather Ogden, "Romeo and Juliet" is a story that many people ...

While the future of ballet is still uncertain, what is certain is the widespread appreciation for the classical ...

The story of Anna Karenina is a classic of world literature, read by generations since the Russian writer ...