In dance auditions, the choreographer and casting director want to see the choreography delivered back with performance energy and technique out the wazoo—all with about 20 minutes of preparation. If ...

At Pico and La Cienega lies a glass door. As you enter, the smell of sweat intermingles with the tittering of classical piano music. In the waiting room, a smattering of people are adorned in every ...

Before coming to the University of Florida, Alex Murphy had never taken a dance lesson. He enrolled in a basic ballet class as a sophomore and struggled. Murphy said he had trouble adapting to the ...

Dancer Valeriia Chaykina and her instructors at Miami City Ballet School demonstrate the differences between classical ballet technique and modern ballet more often seen in America and the West.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A crowd favorite is back at the San Francisco Ballet. For the second year in a row, the ballet company is putting on a performance of "The Sleeping Beauty." It is one of the ...

Gennadi Nedvigin marks 10 years at Atlanta Ballet, pursuing his vision for a company capable of performing both classics and ...

Zoe Haise began taking dance classes at the age of 3 after her parents noticed that she showed interest the activity. Fast forward 11 years and Zoe, now 14, said she doesn’t remember why she was ...

It was a week into adult beginning ballet at Greenwood’s American Dance Institute (ADI), and a student had let out a knee-jerk apology for a small error during ...

The way that ballet dancer Ashton Edwards leaps through the air is pure art. The fact that he does it in pointe shoes is a rare feat. Ballet traditionally has very divided roles for men and women. Men ...

As the world’s population ages, exercise advice targeting older adults has become more popular. Social dance, specifically, has been considered a good exercise for those of increasing age because it ...