Dancers in the Ballet Showcase Company perform a contemporary piece entitled 'Accustom.' The company performed choreography spanning ballet history, but not in chronological order. (Ryan Turner) The ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Listen 31:01 This interview was ...

The girls of a poet’s dreams. A classic Russian folk tale. And a story out of “The Thousand and One Nights.” These are hardly revolutionary subjects. But 100 years ago, when Michel Fokine made ballets ...

Beatrice Waterhouse happened to go to a college that had a notable dance program. She hadn’t taken a ballet class since her early teens, but she figured she’d take a course on the history of dance. It ...

A new documentary “Breaking Pointe” looks at 25 years of Cork City Ballet and how it has shaped the city. On Tuesday, January 22, New York will hold host to “Breaking Pointe,” an in-depth look at the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. “A Dewdrop is a drop of dew,” India Bradley said. “So can’t anyone do it?” She and the guest artist Alexandra Hutchinson perform the role in “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.

On the evening of Thursday, January 11, 1940, the curious audience at the Center Theatre in New York City held playbills that read The Ballet Theatre: America’s First Ballet Theatre Staged by the ...

The holiday season is filled with many annual traditions, and for many that tradition includes attending a production of The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky’s classic Christmas-themed ballet has been remixed ...