John Neumeier’s ambitious homage to the legendary Russian dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky is almost too much to bear. It’s a sprawling nightmare of a ballet, complicated and crowded ...

After multiple cycles of these aggressive blows, only one dancer, Na Ji-Hun, remained on stage. Each time he attempted to get up, he was stunned again by a dancer leaping across the space. The act ...

But Wheeldon feared a classically trained ballet dancer from Somerset with no experience in hip-hop or funk dance styles might seem an odd fit. “It wasn’t an immediate yes; there were many ...

"I hope it's going to finish so soon." Led by Emi Hariyama, an award-winning Japanese ballet dancer and former member of the Berlin State Ballet, the troupe on Dec. 9 performed a show featuring ...

Concrete evidence on how much energy a professional ballet dancer uses throughout their day is difficult to find. But one study that looked at the daily self-reported energy of female dancers ...

a leaping cat was already prowling the world stage. In 1948, as Europe rebuilt from the rubble of war, Rudolf Dassler decided to alter the course of sports marketing forever: he sketched a simple ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Dancer Yolanda Montez, better known as Tongolele, talks about a photograph in her home, during an interview ...