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Misty Copeland doesn't typically spend her days balancing on demi-pointe in lace-up sneakers, wearing the briefest of running shorts and a T-shirt knotted jauntily above her hips. But Under Armour's [...]

At 63, Evelyn Hart is back onstage. The former Royal Winnipeg Ballet principal rose to international prominence in 1980 when she became the first Canadian to win gold at the [...]

When Beatlemania swept through the U.S. in the 1960s, Mark Morris was one of millions of young Americans who fell head over heels for the revolutionary group. 'I was not [...]

As a prominent New York City Ballet dancer, Wendy Whelan worked closely with leading choreographers who created original ballets inspired by her long lines and kinetic intelligence. The Kentucky-born ballerina [...]

During a recent performance of Balanchine's The Four Temperaments, a corps member at a prominent company complained that she was so hungry she thought she'd faint. The dancer next to [...]

As a student, Chelsy Meiss was told that to become a professional ballet dancer, she should never lift weights. ''No one likes an overly muscular ballerina,'' she says, repeating a [...]

The article discusses several dancers and choreographers along with their achievements. Topics discussed include Micaela Taylor who has a vision to reflect on themes that range from information overload to community crisis, Maria Khoreva who has a certain number of Instagram followers, and Jasmine Harper who wants the audience to feel her performance.

When National Ballet of Canada's Jenna Savella made her entrance in Alexei Ratmansky's Piano Concerto #1 in Toronto last May, she created the kind of drama you least want to [...]

Royal Winnipeg Ballet premieres a ballet about Canada's segregated history. A company that usually sticks to crowd-pleasing story ballets, Royal Winnipeg Ballet will open its 75th-anniversary season with a work [...]

Lifted by Love, a premiere by New York City's Peter Pucci, is a pop ballet with a difference: streamlined and sensual, but soulful in its depiction of human relationships. Pucci's [...]

In soloist Peggy Baker audiences have a devoted artist who is able to merge wholly with her art form: Tall, strong, and taut with concentration, she is the kind of [...]

The article examines the increasing use of dance in advertisements. Topics covered include how clothing company Under Armour is using the power of dance to promote its brand, the proliferation of ads and marketing campaigns that feature leading concert dancers from the ballet and modern dance scene, and the potent emotional and visual of dance.

Reviews performances by international dance companies and dancers. Grupo Corpo in Brazil; Peggy Baker in Canada; Bavarian National Ballet in Germany; Holland Dance Festival: Netherlands Dance Theater, Rotterdam Dance Group and Netherlands Dance Theater 3 in the Netherlands.

Reviews some dance performances held internationally. Alberta Ballet at the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary, Canada on October 28-29, 1994; Les Grands Ballets Canadiens Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts, Montreal on October 27-29, 1994; Royal Winnipeg Ballet at Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg, Canada on December 28-31, 1994; More.

Features Margaret Illmann, the lead dancer in the Broadway musical `The Red Shoes'. Role in the musical; Dancing skills; Comments on the lead role in the musical; British ballerina Moira Shearer's performance in the film version of the musical; Auditioning for the lead role in the musical; Performance in the National Ballet of Canada's `Now and Then' show.

The article discusses achievements of Francesco Gabriele Frola, a soloist with the National Ballet of Canada (NBoC), including her winning of bronze medal at International Ballet Competition in Cuba in 2010; Patron Award of Merit from NBoC; and her performance in the ballet "The Sleeping Beauty."

The article reviews the ballet "Pepperland" by choreographer Mark Morris performed in Liverpool, England in May 2017.

The article features San Francisco Ballet corps dancer Natasha Sheehan and includes information on her training, accolades and career plans.

The article focuses on the fitness routine of ballet dancer Chelsy Meiss. Topics include Meiss's weight lifting rehabilitation exercises following an ankle injury to rebuild her strength, stamina, and power, the circuit training program she uses called Tabata, and how her ballet career and dancing has improved from weight training.

Reviews dance performances from all over the world. `Oracle,' from the National Ballet of Canada; `The Actress,' from the National Ballet of Canada.

Features the Montreal, Canada-based dance troupe O Vertigo Danse, headed by former Quebec gymnast Ginette Laurin. Premiere of `La Chambre Blance (The White Room),' at the Joyce Theater in Manhattan, New York from April 12 to 17, 1994; Laurin's exploration of lofty forms of bodily expression; Horizontal thrust of movement; Importance of gesture.

Reports on the resignation of Reid Anderson as artistic director of National Ballet of Canada (NBC) following the Ontario government's withdrawal of $425,000 previously promised to NBC for the 1996 season. Anderson's takeover of Stuttgart Ballet as artistic director; Comment from NBC general manager Robert Johnston on the rescission.

The article informs about works of various artists. Topics include choreographer Ogemdi Ude, in "Living Relics," a collaboration with visual artist Sydney Mieko King for making solo "Nothing Like That Is Ever Going to Happen to Me Again"; and Adriana Pierce's career like a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-many laundry list dancing in Miami City Ballet, the 2018 Broadway revival of "Fosse/Verdon" and choreographic opportunities that continue to grow in scale.