At Studio A in Los Angeles, Diane Kravif, 75, stands at the barre with pin-straight posture. Pink slippers cover her feet, and her silver bob is pushed back with a headband. Watching her tendu and ...

When we think of ballet, we probably think of children dancing like sugar plum fairies in the Nutcracker, but that's a narrow view. Just ask the ladies who are devotees of adult, gentle ballet.

Scarlett Rolfe, 11, is lifted up by her classmates Aug. 5 at the Ballet Academy of South Texas. A melodic piano fills the room. Synchronous tapping echoes off the walls. Pointe shoes shuffle as ...

Editor’s Note: This is the first in an occasional series, in which we find out: “How do they do that?” Sometimes, in a ballet, time stops. “The Sleeping Beauty,” coming to Pacific Northwest Ballet ...

Sophie Williams’ decade-long dance career has taken her across the globe, from the English National Ballet in London to the Royal New Zealand Ballet and the Texas Ballet Theater, where she’s currently ...

Crown Prince Rudolf, the lead character in Sir Kenneth MacMillan's "Mayerling," is the meatiest role Connor Walsh has tackled in his 13 years with Houston Ballet. The antithesis of all the romantic ...

For two years now, the Oakland Ballet Company has been an irresistible underdog, replete with an against-all-odds story. Could Ronn Guidi really reclaim the troupe he founded in 1968 - the troupe that ...