Ballet News

To bring out the best in dancers, Kevin Irving, the new artistic director at Oregon Ballet Theatre, appeals to their sense of 'true selves.'

Ballet dancers perform during the Spring Studio Recital at the Cassand Ballet Studios in Mountain View, California on June 2nd, 2013.

Ballet San Jose has a new artistic director: noted dancer Jose Manuel Carreno, most recently a principal performer with American Ballet Theatre.

Suzirya Dance Theatre of Calgary performs Spirits of the Season. The show is about the beauty of nature and the dancers will perform to various works created to reflect the beauty of nature.

Inland Valley Classical Ballet Theatre is proud to welcome Elena Pankey as the production assistant to Svetlana Waisman for the upcoming ballet performance of "Don Quixote."

We are sad to report that retired Vancouver police officer Lynn Earle was killed in a robbery of her home in Playa del Carmen.

Sam Pike knows how to tell a story. There's a good one behind The Forum, the series he founded that will have its fourth edition, "Of Rabbits and Hares," at 6:30 p.m. tonight.

I should be focusing on their feet - but lately I can't stop staring at dancers' over-whitened teeth.

Matilda Battersby is Online Arts Editor for www.independent.co.uk. She writes arts breaking news, features, music and theatre reviews and lifestyle pieces.

Courtesy photo Remy Lamping, an Aspen native who is participating in a three-year program with the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, poses in Red Square.

The Royal New Zealand Ballet is delighted to have five internationally acclaimed stars of the ballet world join the company for the much-anticipated Vodafone Season of Swan Lake.

POPULAR: The ballet tells of the love between Odette, a princess trapped in the body of a swan, and a prince.

You could say that young professionals are old enough to know truth from childhood fantasy, although there's no harm in suspending notions of reality to relish in a desire to stay forever young.

Coloradoradans like their outdoor time. Especially during the summer when the weather is appealing, the mountains are stunning and the activities are abundant.

A DANCER is on her way to living her dreams as she prepares to go to a prestigious dancing school in September.

THE Mayflower will be presenting two shows from the world-class dance company, Northern Ballet in May 2014 as part of its new programming.

Children at a primary school in Daventry are working on a new partnership project with the prestigious Royal Opera House in London.

Daisy Jarrett and Lucie-May Oliver, both aged eight, have been awarded places as junior associates with the Royal Ballet.

IF a dancer's dream is to perform the lead role in Swan Lake, then Madeleine Eastoe has lived it in cities all over the world.

This August, The Joyce Theater will present Ballet v6.0, a remarkable festival designed to recognize dancers and choreographers who are creating work outside the traditional large company setting and are forming their own small companies.