First performed in the United States in 1944, “The Nutcracker” became a tradition in 1954 with ballet companies across the country — and the world — performing the show during the holiday season.
The Sugar Plum Fairy, sweets, mice and more will be dancing and leaping across the Popejoy Hall stage during the New Mexico ...
MODISH: Choreographer Megan Jones Medford, pictured, will use circular motions to embody a flowing river in her performance, "Embankment." She calls the style “contemporary modern,” a stark contrast ...
The Joffrey Ballet’s Midsummer Night’s Dream provides its audience with an aesthetically pleasing, technically brilliant embodiment of the sentiment “What is going on?” The ballet takes its name from ...
A Christmas tradition will continue this year despite the coronavirus pandemic, though fans will experience it in a new way. Ballet Theatre of Scranton will present its 45th annual production of “The ...
Likely the most Southern California of all Nutcrackers, in its 20th anniversary season, Los Angeles Ballet continues to ...
Welcome to Can Can’s den of decadence. So begins the newly revamped Paris Theatre’s debut holiday show, “‘Twas the Night ...
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A pivotal moment in the history of ballet would be the moment Louis XIV stepped down from the stage. At the time, French ...
First, Shirley Maclaine played her, then Audrey Tautou. Anna Mougalis is the latest. While there have been several recent productions about legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel, we have reason to ...
Berks Ballet Theatre presents its 43rd production of the annual holiday classic “The Nutcracker” with the brilliant dancers, vibrant costumes and larger than life set pieces. According to Artistic ...
"Romeo and Juliet" may have originated as a play, but for ballet fans, Shakespeare's romantic tragedy has become synonymous with a passionate score by Sergei Prokofiev, first adapted in 1955 by ...
Oh, the much-maligned male ballet dancer: Will he always have to defend his manhood? The producers of the "Dance in America" documentary "Born to Be Wild: The Leading Men of American Ballet Theatre" ...