A Ballerina Born, and Molded, to Balanchine's Art
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Sofiane Sylve, a 28-year-old ballerina of astonishing power and projection, is considered the perfect Balanchine dancer by an array of ballet masters.
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From a dilapidated Havana mansion run by  a nearly blind legendary ballerina, Cuba is turning out some of  the world's finest ballet dancers who are hotly sought by  leading international companies.
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Characteristics and traditions of French dance were on display at the Paris Opera.
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A number of recent pieces showed how dance can powerfully focus attention on the essentials: the body, movement, human existence in a mysterious and unknowable world.
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Alicia Markova, one of the great ballerinas of the 20th century who founded and presided over the English National Ballet, died a day after her 94th birthday.
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A ballerina whose support of the far-right BNP sparked protests is to marry one of its councillors.
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Alessandra Ferri and Kyra Nichols, beloved ballerinas with more than a half-century of performing between them, are as different in style and temperament as they come.
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A new exhibition takes a close look at the dÃ©cor behind the dances of Merce Cunningham.
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From a dilapidated Havana mansion run by a nearly blind legendary ballerina, Cuba is turning out some of the world's finest ballet dancers who are hotly sought by leading international companies.
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At 93, Frederic Franklin can relate much of the history of ballet from firsthand knowledge. But that doesnât mean heâs finished performing.
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"O zlozony/O composite," Trisha Brown's first creation for a classical dance company, represents a remarkable fusion of decades of talent and tradition.
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Edgar Degas, whose paintings of ballerinas made him a household name after his death in 1917, was a perfectionist who continually tinkered with his works -- even after he had sold them.
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Denmark's Queen Margrethe II is to design the sets and costumes for a ballet based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale to be performed in Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens, the gardens' authorities said.
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Four ballerinas say goodbye. Let us count the ways weâve come to love them.
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By IRIS FANGER  Modern dance choreographer, scientist, and explorer of the space we inhabit, Elizabeth Streb is a descendant from Icarus in the long line of humans who have wanted to fly.
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Pacific Northwest Ballet, starting its 2007-8 home season in Seattle with an all-Balanchine triple bill, is an example of how the generations are changing.
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Arts & entertainment: One of the best dancers in the world, Carlos Acosta tells his story.