Ballet News

"Front cloth for 'The Blue Train'" by Alexander Schervashidze. The National Gallery of Art's "Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music" includes enormous set designs, such as this 39-foot-wide stage cloth, designed by Picasso.

The Taekwondo expert is the first martial arts black belt to gain a place at the world-renowned dance academy in London.

Vienna Festival Ballet returns to town with their traditional, enchanting production of The Sleeping Beauty .

STEPPING LIVELY: MacKenzie Ramsey, Tess Victoria and Christopher Darling rehearse for "Oz The Wonderful Wizard." Frank Baum's timeless masterwork is soon to be brought to life in ballet by Broomfield's Danse Etoile Ballet.

"How long has it been since you experienced a true ballet, not a end-of-the-year-dance-recital but a true ballet? Valley Ballet, of Canton, has been staging exceptional ballets for 33 years.

The Eifman Ballet St. Petersburg is set to make their Toronto debut with their latest, RODIN, a new ballet by Boris Eifman inspired by the remarkable life and art of French sculptor Auguste Rodin.

Dylan Keane, a professional dancer for The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, is dancing the role of Bottom, the donkey, and Pennsylvania Youth Ballet student Ava Gilotti, is dancing the role of Titania, queen of the fairies in 'Midsummer Night's Dream.' Join fairies and a very confused man who is magically turned into a donkey at the Pennsylvania Youth ... (more)

The artistry of 27 Santa Barbara County ballet students, ages 12-19, and two alumnae Guest Artists was celebrated at the twelfth Ballet Competition of Santa Barbara held March 23rd, 2013 at the Marjorie Luke Theatre in Santa Barbara.

The Royal Ballet has teamed best-selling US author and artist Audrey Niffenegger with British master of extreme movement.

WITHIN one minute of the opening act of the Birmingham Royal Ballet's programme, you know you are in for a real treat.

Lake Erie Ballet will present truncated versions of two time-tested, children-friendly works -- "Sleeping Beauty" and "The Jungle Book" -- this weekend at the Erie Playhouse.

A hundred years ago, the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris witnessed the scandalous premiere of Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" in a production by Vaslav Nijinsky, with sets and costumes by Nicholas Roerich, performed by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.

Roxy Marroquin, an instructor at Dancendy Dance Center, will be among featured performers at the studio's 30th annual dance production on May 25.

Grand Rapids Ballet dances David Parsons' "The Envelope" at the Spring Dance Festival in St.

Sebastian Serra, 23, of the Orlando Ballet impressed the judges in Tuesday's telecast and moved on to Vegas Week.

Talented young dancers from Craven are to appear in a production of Coppelia at the Grand Opera House in York.

To be a "kid in a candy store" epitomizes the ultimate dream come true, one that only gets better when the shop is owned by your mom and aunt.

On 6 June, the world-famous Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg will be broadcasting a performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" live and in 3D to hundreds of cinemas in 60 countries internationally.

Gisela Genschow grew up in Hamburg, Germany's major port city and home to The Hamburg Ballet.

Usually performed once a year, this the large opera work by Giuseppe Verdi returns to the stage for the second time this season.