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There are two sides to Edward Watson, the mold-breaking principal who is bidding farewell to The Royal Ballet this fall. Wayne McGregor and Christopher Wheeldon, who have created landmark roles [...]

When UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis went viral earlier this year, it wasn't just due to the power and height of her tumbling passes. Instead, what captured millions of viewers (and [...]

Since the 1980s, the city of Lyon has become known as a bustling dance scene in France--in no small part due to the Maison de la Danse, a venue dedicated [...]

For more than a decade, Olga Smirnova was one of the Bolshoi Ballet's most recognizable faces. Coolly flawless in the Russian classics, she also became known as a choreographers ballerina, [...]

An evening-length creation by Sharon Eyal. A Cunningham Event. Works by Wayne McGregor, Hofesh Shechter and new names including Marion Motin. The current season of British contemporary company Rambert reads [...]

The pleasure of watching prodigies perform technical feats on Instagram can be tinged with a sense of trepidation. Impressive tricks, you think, but do they have what it takes for [...]

'Women are often presented as soft, fragile little creatures in ballet,' says Leonore Baulac. 'We're not.' The Paris Opera Ballet's newest female etoile is discussing her unease at some of [...]

As she waits for her cover shoot to get underway, Iana Salenko looks tiny and unassuming in the makeup chair. In front of the lens, however, the ballerina that comes [...]

Melissa Hamilton's late start should have prevented a ballet career, Instead, it pushed her to unthinkable heights. The first thing you notice about Melissa Hamilton is the classical beauty of [...]

This year we celebrate six extraordinary dance artists: American Ballet Theatre's Misty Copeland, Youth America Grand Prix's Larissa Saveliev, jazz master Luigi, American Tap Dance Foundation's Brenda Bufalino and Tony [...]

A creation for the Paris Opera Ballet or The Royal Ballet would have pride of place on any choreographer's resume. But Crystal Pite is going one better and choreographing works [...]

Injuries, insecurities, anorexia, imperfect technique. Celine Cassone beat the odds, becoming a star of contemporary ballet. Benjamin Millepied's Closer starts with the smallest of gestures: A woman brushes off the [...]

Participating in new work is a rare luxury at the Bolshoi, yet this past April, just two days after starring in the live HD broadcast of Marco Spada, Olga Smirnova [...]

For Tess Voelker, 2020 was full of firsts. Not only did the 23-year-old land a contract with Nederlands Dans Theater's main company, but she also made her debut as a [...]

The Australian Ballet's artistic health team has become a reference worldwide, and not just because they got David Hallberg back onstage after his two-year struggle with injuries. Their results speak [...]

If you follow Alina Cojocaru, Evan McKle or Maria Khoreva on social media, a new name may have caught your attention lately. At 30, Juliano Nunes has already landed private [...]

Since her high-profile move from The Royal Ballet to English National Ballet in 2013, Romanian star Alina Cojocaru has been quietly forging her own path. In addition to creating major [...]

Seeing dancers perform naked can be shocking, exciting and uncomfortable. Yet onstage nudity can also showcase the body beautifully, revealing the mechanics of movement in a whole new way. Dance [...]

When you spend as much time on the road as The Royal Ballet's Steven McRae, getting access to a proper gym can be a hassle. To stay fit, the Australian-born [...]

Hopping from city to city during audition season can be both expensive and time-consuming--not to mention disheartening if you end up being cut after barre. Since its inception in 2016, [...]

When I started writing about dance professionally a decade ago, the experience was akin to taking baby steps among giants. There was something profoundly humbling--not to mention terrifying--about reviewing a [...]

Munich's Bayerisches Staatsballett underwent unprecedented upheaval late last season: As new director Igor Zelensky prepared to replace Ivan Liska, the German company announced that no fewer than 29 dancers had [...]

William Forsythe may no longer have a company of his own, but he remains one of the busiest men in the dance world. Oct. 4-6 will see the premiere of [...]

What do Alexei Ratmansky and rising Israeli star Sharon Eyal have in common? Both have had creations partly funded by an innovative new organization: FEDORA, which was launched in 2014 [...]

Once in a while, a prince will soar onto the stage fully formed and ready to take the repertoire by storm. The preternaturally elegant Hugo Marchand has done just that [...]

A new production of Swan Lake is no small undertaking--especially at The Royal Ballet, where the last one, staged by Sir Anthony Dowell, lasted 30 years. When it came to [...]

Not many students get the opportunity to perform a variation onstage with the Mariinsky Ballet. But in April 2016, when May Nagahisa was just 15 and training at Monaco's Princess [...]

The ballet world can't get enough of Arthur Pita. With his maverick, surreal imagination, the self-styled 'David Lynch of dance' brings a welcome theatricality to everything he touches, from his [...]

Marcelino Sambe has been an ebullient presence at The Royal Ballet since he joined the company in 2012. A prizewinner at Moscow International Ballet Competition and Youth America Grand Prix, [...]

Ever since the news broke in 2013 that Benjamin Millepied would be artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet, many wondered whether the Bordeaux-born choreographer and former New York City [...]

At the age of 11, Julian MacKay gave up his life in rural Montana to move to Moscow, and train full-time at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. It paid off: With [...]

Wayne McGregor has a new home, and he intends to share it. In March, the British choreographer and his company moved into Studio Wayne McGregor, a new, state-of-the-art venue in [...]

With her soulful presence and elegant manner onstage, Yulia Stepanova was touted as a major talent when she graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in 2009. She joined the Mariinsky [...]

Unrest is brewing in Berlin. In September, local government officials announced that the current director of the Staatsballett Berlin, Nacho Duato, would be replaced in 2019 by a duo of [...]

An interview with Paris Opéra Ballet étoile Hugo Marchand about his career and the COVID-19 pandemic is presented. Topics covered include why he showed a vulnerable side in his autobiography "Danser," released by Arthaud, how he manages his energy and emotions as he prepared to go back on stage and whether it was difficult to film ballets, such as Act II of "La Bayadère" and "Grand Pas Classique," without an audience.

The article offers information on the Royal Ballet's Marcelino Sambe who shares his experiences of being from a rough background. Topics discussed include an audition for the ballet program and African dance choreography, being a full artist instead of an athletic creature, and smaller muscles that make movements look grounded.

It's not often you see Vaganova-trained ballet students and contemporary dancers race through echappes together as the pianist improvises a solo on a drum. But that was the scene last [...]

'We're in class--not onstage,' Elisabeth Platel warns a group of uniform-clad students at the Paris Opera Ballet School. It's not often you'll hear this sentence in a dance studio, but [...]

An interview with Julie Guibert, director of the Lyon Opera Ballet is presented. She discusses on topics including her experience as a dancer at the Lyon Opera Ballet, how she got the role of the director and her reaction on powerful choreographers, including Mats Ek, Emanuel Gat and Lucinda Childs's threat to withdraw their repertoire from the ballet.

At 69, Jiff Kylian is back in a leadership role in ballet. In 2009, he parted ways with Nederlands Dans Theater after 24 years as artistic director and another decade [...]

Bursting out of a group of corps men at the start of Alexei Ratmansky's Concerto DSCH, Nadezhda Batoeva embodies the ballet's blend of Russian and American influences, launching into a [...]

Crystal Pite's star keeps rising. After a string of successes, including her harrowing Betroffenheit at Sadler's Wells last spring, the Canadian choreographer is gearing up for a major ballet debut. [...]

Last fall, Yasmine Naghdi's debut as Juliet was an instant sensation in London. Hers was a raw, touchingly youthful account of the role. With effortless technique and musicality, she allowed [...]

In the end, the revolution Benjamin Millepied sought to bring to the Paris Opera Ballet didn't last long. In February, less than a year and a half after he took [...]

At 23, Hannah O'Neill is thriving at the Pahs Opera Ballet. Born to a Japanese mother and a New Zealander father, she is among a handful of foreigners in the [...]

Since the 1 970s, Swedish choreographer Mats Ek has brought his instantly recognizable brand of modern expressionism, with its deep plies and crude theatricality, to ballet. But his choreography will [...]

Another director has entered into the Bolshoi Ballet's tangled politics. Two and a half years after the acid attack on its artistic director Sergei Filin, the Russian company decided to [...]

When Noelani Pantastico saw Pacific Northwest Ballet at Jacob's Pillow in 2014, during her summer break from Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, the former PNB principal realized that she had more [...]

Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet By Stephen Manes New York. Published by Cadwallader and Stern. 910 pages. Illustrated. Hardcover: $35 Paper: $24.99. Reality TV may [...]

The article presents information on Alena Kovaleva, member of the Bolshoi Ballet.