At this one-off performance from the Sarasota Ballet, dancers in Sarasota Ballet Studio Company and students in the Margaret Barbieri Conservatory came together for a program of classic pieces and new ...

The story opens on Christmas Eve with a busy party scene with six dancing couples and many young dancers recruited from the community. During the celebration Herr Drosselmeyer presents his goddaughter ...

The dressing room at The Landing performing arts center in Scotts Valley was filled with activity and excitement Wednesday as ballerinas prepare to head on stage for the second act of a dress ...

Dancers warm up onstage before the start of the Pre-Competitive Contemporary Competition for Women ages 9-10 at the Youth America Grand Prix scholarship auditions in the Newman Center for Performing ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As the sun sets on the narrow streets of Africa’s largest informal settlement, children hurry to change from daily clothes into pointe shoes and other ballet gear.

“If everyone knew how physically cruel dancing really is, nobody would watch,” said Margot Fonteyn, prima ballerina assoluta of The Royal Ballet. “Only those people who enjoy bull fights.” From The ...

Infinite Steps: Thirty-Three Dancers and Their Lives in Ballet from author and dancer Gavin Larsen (Being a Ballerina: The Power and Perfection of a Dancing Life) and Gene Schiavone, former staff ...

Ron Cunningham, the longtime artistic director of the Sacramento Ballet, died on March 7, 2026. Here’s a look back at his time in Sacramento’s spotlight.