Longevity is becoming rarer and rarer in the performing arts. Today’s subject Jennifer Tipton has been a lighting designer ...

Raised in Southern California, the famed dance icon is returning with her company to celebrate 60 years of her work.

With the high-energy “I AM,” Brown takes her signature interweaving of African diasporic dance forms to new heights.

Ashley Bouder, the longtime New York City Ballet principal, is leaving with a final performance in “Firebird.” ...

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 ...

“When people think about ballet dancers, they only see what they see on stage – pretty and elegant,” she says. “But we are human beings, and I thought it’d be interesting to show what we ...

Mackie put in the time to learn stage combat from renowned teachers Felix Ivanov and Moni Yakim. These courses included clown ...

Jorma Elo (right), resident choreographer at Boston Ballet, with Walnut Hill School for the Arts student Soho Choe. Elo is ...

The company’s current season features an array of engaging mixed bills, including two world premieres: Justin Peck’s ...

With Crime and Punishment at the Kennedy Center, American Ballet Theatre once again bets on a literary ballet to draw in ...

Paquita is far outside the Company’s wheelhouse. It is classical and rooted in a history Balanchine wished to leave behind. But this is a good thing. World premieres can be fresh and tender—taking ...