Ballet News

The toy soldiers from "The Nutcracker" may not have a chance to entertain real soldiers this holiday season after the Huntsville Ballet Company lost its Military Night funding.

Share + Nov 7, 2009 6:01 am US/Eastern ELISABETH PARKER, St. Petersburg Times TAMPA, Fla.

BalletMet Columbus gives its audience a lot to think about and digest in the program "NightMoves," which opened last night at the BalletMet Performance Space.

Leap to Morristown this weekend to catch the premier of the New Jersey Ballet's 15th season at the Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts.

As the art of ballet evolved, so did the shoes. Today, millions of ballet shoes are sold around the world: the flat ones called slippers and the satin-covered pointe shoes - with toe boxes made with canvas and glue and arch-supporting "shanks" often made of cardboard - that let dancers dance en pointe, on their tippy-toes. At the San Francisco ...

There's a lot to say about this triple bill, not least that it's not what you expect.

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Felpham nine-year-old Maria Howell relished the chance to dance with English Youth Ballet in their production of Giselle at The Kings Theatre, Southsea.

Synopsis: In Wiseman's 38th film John Davey's camera roams the vast Palais Garnier, an opulent 19th century pile of a building: from its crystal chandelier-laden corridors to its labyrinthine underground... In Wiseman's 38th film John Davey's camera roams the vast Palais Garnier, an opulent 19th century pile of a building: from its crystal ...

Anyone who's watched Clara ride off on her sleigh in 'The Nutcracker' to visit a fantasy land where snowflakes, candies, and tea come to life has probably wished they could come too.

In this Nov. 2, 2009 image released by Career Transition for Dancers, Lisa Niemi, dancer and widow of actor Patrick Swayze, speaks as she accepts the 2009 Rolex Dance Award on behalf of her late husband at the CTFD gala, Monday, Nov.

At the English National Ballet, it's not just the dancers who get trained. "Flexibility is key for any learning and development we implement.

A sermon is a message typically expressed through words, but one world-famous group is proving that the same message can also be expressed through the art of dance.

After years of performing for free, Central West Ballet dancers are looking for some compensation.

The Ballet Florida building downtown will house Palm Beach Atlantic University's theater department after a $1.85 million purchase by the private school.

The curtain will lift on Dublin's newest theatre next year with one of the best-known ballets.

Guest blogger Danielle Marie Georgiou is a Dance Lecturer at the University of Texas at Arlington where she serves as the Assistant Director of the UT Arlington's Dance Ensemble.

Troubled inner-city kids whose lives are changed by dance: you probably feel you've seen the film and watched the musical.

WHAT a maddening ballet of two halves we got last Tuesday. On the one hand, the production needs a serious dose of inspiration, while Alina Cojocaru goes from supremely talented to genius.

Easing the way for the Russian State Ballet Academy of Perm on their first UK tour will be Julia Ignatowa, the company manager.