Ballet News

Supported on crutches and wheel chairs, sixteen differently abled children and youth drawn from different states of India exhibited a world class ballet performance a Limitless potentiala that drew them unprecedented accolades.

Darcey Bussell has warned she will not be shy about pulling up Strictly Come Dancing contestants for any mistakes when she appears as a guest judge.

Ian Ono and Jana Monji : La Dance poster. From Zipporah Films. Frederick Wiseman's fascinating and beautifully realized new documentary from his Zipporah Films , "La Danse: Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris" , begins quietly but slowly builds to give us an understanding of an institution and an art process.

The BBC has abandoned plans to screen a ballet featuring a deformed Pope who rapes nuns that it had announced as one of the highlights of its Christmas schedule.

The BBC has pulled scenes from a ballet after their graphic sexual nature was deemed unsuitable for broadcast in a pre-watershed time slot.

The BBC has dropped plans to air a controversial ballet during its pre-Christmas schedules after discovering that it features a deformed Pope who abuses altar boys and attacks pregnant women.

The Moscow Ballet, with more than 45 dancers, will perform the Great Russian Nutcracker on Saturday in New Orleans.

When Academie de la Danse closed the curtain on its 20-year 'The Nutcracker' tradition in 2006, it left the studio's dancers without an outlet to share their talents and hard work in the winter months.

We're intrigued by the newly restored orchestra pit at the Boston Opera House. What exactly is a restored pit? Check it out when you visit with Clara and her friends at Boston Ballet's "The Nutcracker,'' which dances above the aforementioned orchestra pit for a month.

Judges Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Adam Shankman were not unanimous this week in their final elimination of So You Think You Can Dance season 6. At least not when it came to the guys.

As folks sit down for turkey today, others will be gearing up for another holiday tradition.

IN THE SPIRIT of puffy shirts, moonlit melodrama, mirthful buccaneers and bathing beauties, Pirates of Penzance! was a rollicking good evening of swashbuckling entertainment that amused the whole family.

Huntsville military families, get ready for pink tutus and the Sugar Plum Fairy.

Griffin Ballet Theatre will once again ring in the Christmas season Friday with the opening of its 15th annual production of "The Nutcracker." The local dance company began preparations for the ballet with auditions held in late August and cast members have been rehearsing every Saturday since the beginning of September.

Ballet Magnificat, a touring Christian dance troupe from Jackson, Miss., will present "The Scarlet Cord," a biblically inspired ballet set in the 20th century Soviet Union, at 7 p.m., Feb.

DANCERS from contemporary dance centre Laban and the Blackheath Halls Orchestra will present a reworking of Sergei Prokofieva s classic ballet Romeo and Juliet on Sunday.

GLUSHKOa S Academy of Performing Arts, in partnership with the Palms Resort Saipan has planned an even greater performance this year, a media release stated.

This week in the magazine, Dana Goodyear writes about "Ballet Russes Italian Style ," a performance by the artist Francesco Vezzoli, featuring the pop singer Lady Gaga and ballet dancers from the Bolshoi, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, in Los Angeles.

Experience the tradition and artistry of the Nutcracker, performed with live orchestra closer to home.

First ballet game for Wii allows players to develop their dance skills to become top ballerinas using Wii Balance Board 505 Games announced that My Ballet Studio has shipped to retail, for DS and Wii, priced $29.99. In My Ballet Studio, players can pirouette, plie and perform en pointe on the Nintendo Wii Balance Board as they embark on a journey ...