Dancers in the Ballet Showcase Company perform a contemporary piece entitled 'Accustom.' The company performed choreography spanning ballet history, but not in chronological order. (Ryan Turner) The ...

This interview was originally broadcast on December 13, 2010.Apollo's Angels is now available in paperback. It is ballet season, which means many companies are performing The Nutcracker for the ...

Not quite everything is beautiful at the ballet, as the song from A Chorus Line would have us believe. In fact, there is real trouble amid the tutus, tiaras, and tunics these days, according to the ...

After a storied, decades-long career, ballerina Misty Copeland — known just as much for her advocacy offstage as her accomplishments on — has retired from American Ballet Theatre.Copeland, who last ...

Friday, March 8, opening night of The Sarasota Ballet’s performances of Poetry and Liberty, marks an important moment in dance history, with the much-anticipated revival of Sir Frederick Ashton’s ...

Ballet flats will always be and have always been a go-to style for many. Casual and classy, the footwear style is enduring, having stuck around since the 1600s. From Amy Winehouse to Jackie Kennedy, ...

Tanaquil Le Clercq isn't a household name, but she still holds a stunning place in ballet history. In the 1950s, "Tanny," a gorgeous Paris-born American, was muse to the great New York City Ballet ...

I first fell in love with ballet when I was four years old. I saw a production of The Nutcracker on television and I was transported to a world of Sugar Plum Fairies, Rat Kings, and soaring snowflakes ...

Loipa Araujo is an exacting ballet coach. She has to be: the great Cuban National Ballet star has less than a month to teach the members of Silicon Valley Ballet how to dance Giselle — the Cuban way. ...

After a storied, decades-long career, ballerina Misty Copeland — known just as much for her advocacy offstage as her accomplishments on — is retiring from American Ballet Theatre. Copeland, who last ...