Since 1964, when it became the second building constructed on the new Lincoln Center campus, the New York State Theater (known since November 2008 as the David H. Koch Theater) has been home to the ...

Next week, he’ll return to The Joyce Theater to pay homage to an unrealized, century-old vision from Vaslav Nijinsky, which Cornejo has reimagined in the powerful ballet, Anima Animal. Influenced by ...

Emma Andres (pictured) is a professional ballet dancer and contemporary/classical ballet choreographer who also has experience working in the techniques of jazz, contemporary, and modern. She is ...

While most professional dancers begin training at age seven or eight, Luiz Silva had never heard of ballet until age 15. Silva's meteoric journey from his first dance class to the ranks of the ...

CounterPointe was born in 2012 from a desire to support ballet by women dancemakers working with the pointe shoe. “We wanted to make it a little bit easier for women to get their work seen and ...

For one thing, London is the city in which the two became recognised as something extraordinary, their acclaim from the British critics giving them world careers that barely three years afterwards ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland took one last spin on her pointe shoes Wednesday, showered with golden glitter and bouquets as she retired from American Ballet Theatre after a trailblazing career in ...

Copeland is retiring at 43 after serving as ABT's first Black female principal dancer Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Misty Copeland has taken her final bow. On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Copeland, 43, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Dancers had accused Demis Volpi of creating a “toxic working environment” in his 10 months at the company, and five principal dancers had resigned. By ...

While there’s no “one way” to become a professional ballerina, many performers who dance for a living follow a typical trajectory. Keep reading to learn the steps (you are a dancer, after all) to help ...