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 ...

Vladimir Shklyarov, a Russian ballet dancer and vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died at the age of 39 after falling from a building. Shklyarov, a married man and father to two ...

FOREST HILLS, Mich. — At just 15 years old, Brooke Emily Wixom is demonstrating the strength it takes to return to ballet after significant surgeries. Wixom, a dancer at the Michigan Ballet Academy, ...

Dancer trainees at the Philadelphia Ballet use a steel girder as a barre during a topping off ceremony for the company's 48,000-square-foot addition to its building on North Broad Street. (Emma ...

Loosely based on the life of the late dancer, the traditional ballet incorporates elements of beauty and art — exactly what Rafaella Stroik loved about ballet. Isabella LaFreniere is a principal ...

*** lot of people ask me like, why would you waste three hours driving to and from work? Like I would never take that job. But the thing is that job is the best job ever. Despite an hours long commute ...