Ballet News

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.

The Setup: Houston Ballet brings to life J.M. Barrie's fairy tale, Peter Pan , the first time since the ballet's 2002 premiere.

REVIEW: The vibrant color and music of Mexico - especially Tijuana - fire up Myron Johnson and his Ballet of the Dolls.

The 16-year-old Heathfield Community School wowed judges in the dance section of the competition, which took place in Wiveliscombe and is in its 100th anniversary.

Manhattan Youth Ballet's spring recital showcased a diverse array of American choreography, performed by students ages eight to eighteen.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a ballet teacher who taught hundreds of Derbyshire youngsters how to dance over a 24-year career.

Despite the damp weather, thousands of people came into Cardiff city centre this weekend to enjoy events across the capital Blustery winds and stormy showers failed to deter hardy families in Cardiff this weekend as thousands turned out to enjoy events across the capital.

David Blackburn, a former dancer and associate artistic director of the Cincinnati Ballet and mentor generations of local dancers, died Saturday in the hospice unit at UC Drake Center in Hartwell.

For one Dover Area High School student that has been studying ballet for 12 years, a scholarship to train at a renowned Russian ballet academy means one step closer to a career in professional ballet.

I once saw a sign in a nearby bar that read, "There will be a $5 charge for us to listen to you talk about how much better things are in New York."

Three weeks of intensive dance instruction for young students from around the country will culminate in Carolina Ballet Theatre's Summerworks Finale Performance on June 28. Now in its ninth year, CBT's Summerworks program offers rigorous dance training in preparation for a public performance of both classical ballet and jazz dance.

In 1967, Edward Villella took the stage in New York City Ballet 's premiere performance of what is now considered a classic piece of the troupe's repertoire, George Balanchine 's "Rubies."

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Casting for the final two weeks of American Ballet Theatre's 2013 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House has been announced by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie.

More than a hundred Russian ballet fans rallied in Moscow on Saturday in support of a top dancer who says he is being chased out of the Bolshoi Theatre due to disputes in the wake of an acid attack on its artistic director earlier this year.

Planners of a Sunday performance featuring aerial dancers swinging from the Strawberry Mansion Bridge were scrambling Friday to rescue the show from a city shutdown.

Dance: Here's something you don't get to do very often. The National Ballet of Canada is pulling back the curtains slightly to give the public a chance to check out the dancer's daily ritual.

Ballet dancers practice in a dance studio in Miami. The ballerinas fled from the Cuban National Ballet while on tour in Mexico in April.

PNB tackles Concerto Barocco, a ballet that requires as much from its all-female corps as from its principle dancers.