“Diversity doesn’t stop with people onstage,” says Jeremy McQueen, a dancer, choreographer and educator. “We need black stories in classical ballet. “Don Quixote, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty are ...

Arthur Mitchell (1934-2018) joined the New York City Ballet as its first African American star in 1955, when people commonly believed that Black dancers couldn't perform ballet. I encountered Mitchell ...

Last summer, African American ballet dancer Misty Copeland starred in an Under Armour commercial that stunned the athletic clothing industry. In the ad, Copeland performs ballet while a narrator reads ...

*Have you ever seen a performance of “The Nutcracker Ballet?” If not, if you live in, or will be in Southern California, here is your opportunity and if you have, here is an opportunity to see it ...

In his bio, choreographer Alonzo King is said to create works “by the manipulation of energies that exist in matter through laws, which govern the shapes and movement directions of everything that ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Michaela DePrince was little more than a toddler when she saw her first ballerina _ an image in a magazine page blown against the gate of the orphanage where she ended up during ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by On the movie’s 15th anniversary, four dancers talk about its influence. “We’re not that crazy,” one said. But “it didn’t make ballet a joke,” another ...

On May 20, the Oregon men’s golf team finished ninth of 13 teams at the NCAA Columbus Regional and failed to make the final cut to advance... Dance often expresses much more than the movement of feet.

A South African dancer and choreographer, she was known as a fearless creative force who brought African dance styles to traditional pieces like “Swan Lake.” By Isabella Kwai and Roslyn Sulcas Dada ...