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 ...

CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — Ballet has taken Ashley Bouder around the world. Bouder spent 25 years at New York City Ballet. She ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Olivia Book of Ballet West is one of the first professional ballet dancers to have a limb difference. Olivia Book, who is from Grimsby, Ontario, on the shore of Lake ...

In the ballet world, Reece Clarke is royalty — and it seems the whole world is falling for him. The principal dancer at the Royal Ballet and Opera in London has risen quickly through the ranks. He’s ...

Emily Coates with Derek Lucci. Photo courtesy of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Observer spoke with Coates to discuss her work in process, some favorite archival discoveries and Balanchine’s ...

In theater, “break a leg” is a phrase used to wish a performer luck. But for ballet dancers, it isn’t simply an expression but an occupational reality. The intense physical demands of ballet put ...

Remi Wörtmeyer has big dreams for Columbus. And as he begins his first season as artistic director of BalletMet, he says the power of collaboration will help make those dreams come true. “For me it’s ...

Maddison Barnett is a professional dancer based in Los Angeles but is born in New Zealand. During her three years in Los Angeles, she is currently a teacher at the renowned PlaygroundLA. Maddison ...

Sergeant Oleksandr Dushakov, a ballet dancer, is fighting against the Russian invasion. He says training and his feel for the forest are helping him survive. He says his experience as a dancer has ...

He is believed to have been the first Asian to dance with New York City Ballet when he was cast in George Balanchine’s production of “The Nutcracker.” By Richard Sandomir See more of our coverage in ...