Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The beat underpinning Ravel’s Boléro pushes inexorably and mechanically forward. The sinuous melody coils ...

A boléro is a Spanish dance, characterised by strongly rhythmic qualities to the music, sharp turns and stamps of the dancers, and a dark flavour. The composer had found a single musical idea to twist ...

Belfort, where Odile Duboc has ploughed her choreographic furrow since 1990, is one of those slightly grim, northern French towns that will forever conjure the image of Flaubert's Madame Bovary, ...

The dance “Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro” is set in a cemetery. The main character is a professional mourner, and the soundscape features cries of grief. Still, South African choreographer Gregory ...

The American Bolero Dance Company, founded by Gabriela Granados in 1996, explores the rhythmic intricacies and song literature of Flamenco, the refined and stylized repertory of Clásico Español and ...

Witness a breathtaking union of Japan's most talented nihon buyo dancers, featuring the esteemed Hanayagi Motoi and rising young star Azuma Tokuyo (also known as Nakamura Kazutaro in kabuki theater).

Jane Jones marks both the Winter Olympics and St. Valentine’s Day with a work which is associated with both occasions. Boléro, the most famous work by French composer Maurice Ravel, was written more ...

The bantering dialogue in “Botiquín de Boleros de Columbia Heights (Columbia Heights Bolero Bar)” mentions martinis and the caipirinha, the lime-jolted drink that’s an institution in Brazil. The ...

There's almost always smoke in the work of South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma, who brings his 2017 piece, "Cion: Requiem of Ravel's Boléro," to MASS MoCA on Saturday. "It's part of my ...

Boléro has attracted interpreters ranging from Pierre Boulez to James Last. Philip Clark seeks out the finest moments of an 80-year recording history I don’t know about you, but I love losing myself ...

Warmer weather must be in the offing; Carolina Ballet’s principal dancers, Lara O’Brien and Yevgeny Shlapko, have already packed their bags for the seashore. A quick inventory: Sunscreen? Check.