Our Stars of Ballet, a short documentary from the National Film Unit, tracks the careers of New Zealand ballet icons Rowena Jackson and Alexander Grant, who both achieved great success as principal ...

Barelegged swans are a bit like baseball players without caps. But as the art form confronts its history of racial ...

Ballet and opera began in the 17th century, with the elaborate spectacles devised at European courts. These were flamboyant entertainments used to celebrate marriages or show off the wealth and power ...

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Founded in 2002 by Patricia Linton, a former dancer with The Royal Ballet and a lecturer in ballet history at Central School of Ballet, Voices of British Ballet aims to preserve important oral ...

Elegant, authoritative work traces the evolution of classical dance from the 16th century to today, highlighting social and cultural dimensions of this traditional art form. Since 1944, the goal of ...

A new film chronicling the history of ski ballet coupled with a release party confirms the sport is still alive and well.

There are not many dancers in Nottingham who will not have heard of the name Sissie Smith. The ballet teacher, born in 1914, became a successful dancer by the time she was a young teenager ...

Still, representations and studies of the painting as well as the upcoming ballet performance bring the statement to a Cleveland audience. In “Guernica,” Bourtasenkov says, “Picasso sees the ...

Ohio Contemporary Ballet was formerly known as Verb Ballets. “’Echoes and Innovations’ is a celebration of our commitment to honoring the rich history of dance while also exploring the ...