If possible, dancers with professional aspirations should begin ballet classes at an early age—usually between three and eight years old. It is also important that they (or rather, their parents ...

World renowned ballet instructor Petur Iliev has danced and choreographed ballet all over the globe, from Bulgaria to Seattle ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Aspiring ballet dancers at The Rock Center for Dance in Las Vegas hope to dance to the top at this year’s Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) ballet scholarship. “It’s one of the ...

More than 400 young ballet dancers from the Northeast gathered in Massachusetts with the hopes of winning a prestigious scholarship at the Youth America Grand Prix auditions. The four-day ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Dancer Sara Cook performs at the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, at ...

The return of Acosta Danza to the Royal Opera House with Folclor — a captivating programme of three short ballets celebrating ...

Professional ballet dancers spend much of their careers playing fictional characters. For the female dancers, there are swans and sugar plums and celebrated damsels under duress, like Cinderella ...

PORT ANGELES — Stepping onto the stage means entering another world, dancers Ashley Coupal and Eric Snyder agree. “We can just let go and be one with the music,” said Snyder, one of 11 guest ...

Sissie Smith became a respected name in the world of ballet in England and she went on to teach generations of dancers There are not many dancers in Nottingham who will not have heard of the name ...

WORCESTER, Mass. — Some might call it the “American Idol” of ballet dancing. More than 400 hundred young ballet dancers from the Northeast gathered in Massachusetts with the hopes of winning a ...