As the quiet, constant hum of various sewing machines overlaps with music floating up from dance studios below, a team of busy costumers concentrate on the task at hand. This hum is ever-present in ...

Is Sayako Toku the fastest ballerina in the West? The unabashedly confident young Houston Ballet soloist burned that question into my brain Thursday by unleashing a streak of piqué turns so lightning ...

Chun Wai Chan and artists of the Houston Ballet in Murmuration. Credit: Photo by Amitava Sarkar Chun Wai Chan was promoted from First Soloist to Principal dancer by Houston Ballet Artistic Director ...

As the lights dimmed and the dancers leapt into motion, Columbia Repertory Ballet’s fall gala became a tapestry of sensation—classical ballet melding with a neoclassical and contemporary edge. Tutus ...

A new exhibition in NYC features high-end couture, historic ballet costumes and modern athletic wear Nadine Daher - Reporter Standing center stage in her signature Dying Swan costume, prima ballerina ...

NORTH ADAMS — In tutus, toe shoes and stage makeup, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo dancers look gorgeous and work hard. Bodies are muscular, broad shouldered and tall, with unapologetic body ...

Sexism is built into the fabric of classical ballet, an art form that has always idolized women in toe shoes and tutus while relegating men to the role of partners, at least until the rare superstar ...