"Marius Petipa: The Emperor's Ballet Master" by Nadine Meisner; Oxford University Press, $34.95 Not all queers want in their dreams to dance like swans. Even so, the image that probably comes to mind ...

Of course, it was not Petipa who created large classical ensembles, it was not he who adapted national dance to the stage or introduced pointe technique or the principle of ballet hierarchy, and it ...

This season, as part of its ongoing Ratmansky Project, American Ballet Theatre presents Russian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky’s latest reimagining of a storied dance classic in Harlequinade, based on ...

The trailblazing ballerina returned to the stage after five years for one final performance at a gala for American Ballet Theater. By Sarah Bahr and Nina Westervelt Alexei Ratmansky creates a joyful ...

Seattle — It’s Degas heaven as dozens of teenage ballerinas in lacy white tutus, with ribbons around their waists and necks, flood the stage of McCaw Hall, this city’s newly refurbished opera house.

Marius Petipa not only created ballets but made ‘ballet’ itself into an art. He choreographed the bulk of the 19th-century canon, including La Bayadère, Don Quixote, The Sleeping Beauty, The ...

Kari and Parker Coomans, Hosts of the 2023 Petipa Awards Ceremony and Red Curtain Addict Founders. Photo by Jack Devant Étoile of Paris Opera Ballet, Hugo Marchand receiving the Saphire Award from ...

“La Bayadère” is one of ballet’s classic works, the 1877 tale of a warrior torn between duty and love. From its origins at the Mariinsky Ballet, the Russian company that dates to the 1740s, “La ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. American Ballet Theatre’s recent opening night gala gave more than a hint of glories to come by staging an extract ...