A woman disguised as a boy falls in love with a man she can never have - it's the stuff of romantic tragedies from Shakespeare to "Yentl" and beyond. In ancient China, a similar legend took on fame as ...

Northern Ballet's Madame Butterfly dances into the Lyceum Theatre from tonight, 18 - 22 September 2012. Madame Butterfly is directed and choreographed by the Company's Artistic Director, David Nixon ...

Shanghai Ballet, one of China's major classical dance companies, visits Houston for the first time Tuesday. It will perform "The Butterfly Lovers," a tragic love story that involves a disguised ...

Ballet’s living center is shifting eastward, with more and more of the most exciting arts and artists coming out of China, Korea and Japan. New and truly modern productions are being exported ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Direct from China, the Shanghai Ballet will ...

Last week, Cal Performances brought the internationally renowned Shanghai Ballet to UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall in a night of drama, elegance and class. The company danced “The Butterfly Lovers,” a ...

Fifteen years after her entry into the field with the short work Trace it was time to go big. Topp has made her first full-length ballet using Puccini’s Madama Butterfly as a launch pad for a ...

What persuades a dance fan to attend a concert? Sometimes it’s the program that piques interest; sometimes it’s simply the desire to experience a particular company. Chances are that when the Shanghai ...

Tulsa Ballet resident choreographer Ma Cong will make his Broadway debut in October, as the choreographer of the revival of “M. Butterfly.” This production is directed by Tony Award winner Julie ...

Gavin: Hey Arolyn! First thing, tell us a little bit about yourself. Arolyn: Hey! So I've been with Ballet West for my whole career so far, starting in Ballet West II, for 12 seasons, going on 13. I ...

Whatever the confluences of culture, tradition, and 20th-century upheaval that have contributed to Chinese dance, as presented by Beijing Dance Academy members on their current West Coast tour, the ...