Building a top-notch ballet company should not be as easy as the Aspen Ballet Company has made it seem. It should be especially difficult to create that dance company in a small town, out of a dance ...

My shoulders are lowered, blades squeezed, back expanded, ribs wrapped, pelvis tucked, glutes engaged, core activated, spine long and neutral. My feet — toes gripping, heels rooted — push back against ...

Tracy Somani and her classmates exercise toe extensions in a Philadelphia Ballet class for adults who have never danced ballet before. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

For ballet dancers, style is about melding personal expression with physical form. Embraced by celebrities and fashion icons like Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, Natalie Portman, and Alexa Chung, ...

If you feel like you dance with two left feet, wait until you meet Robert "Bobby" Barnett, who turned 100 on May 6 and is still in his dancing shoes. Barnett, who grew up in Washington state and was ...

NEW YORK — Theater does not consist of words alone. And much of what can be sublime in theater goes beyond words. It is true that all the great choreographers are also among the great makers of ...

After the deliriously layered spectacle of its recent "Raymonda" world premiere, Houston Ballet is ending its season with a mixed rep program focused on simplicity and clarity. The show's three ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Elizabeth B. Yntema’s Dance Data Project has been using a steady drumbeat of numbers to push the ballet world to action on gender equality. By ...