*Have you ever seen a performance of “The Nutcracker Ballet?” If not, if you live in, or will be in Southern California, here is your opportunity and if you have, here is an opportunity to see it ...

In his bio, choreographer Alonzo King is said to create works “by the manipulation of energies that exist in matter through laws, which govern the shapes and movement directions of everything that ...

Last summer, African American ballet dancer Misty Copeland starred in an Under Armour commercial that stunned the athletic clothing industry. In the ad, Copeland performs ballet while a narrator reads ...

The Chocolate Ballerina Company is a ballet company whose mission is to create a diverse dance company for African Americans and other underrepresented groups. Founded in 2017 by Chanel Holland-Pierre ...

NEW YORK -- Misty Copeland, the Missouri-born dancer who has become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet and a rare celebrity in that field, was named principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre ...

DETROIT — Pointe shoes — the satin, ribbon-laced shoes that ballerinas wear to dance on their toes — come in one color: pale pink. That’s because since ballet was invented in the 15th century, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by On the movie’s 15th anniversary, four dancers talk about its influence. “We’re not that crazy,” one said. But “it didn’t make ballet a joke,” another ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Michaela DePrince was little more than a toddler when she saw her first ballerina _ an image in a magazine page blown against the gate of the orphanage where she ended up during ...