In the large, historic building where the Boston Ballet rehearses, choreographer Paulo Arrais, 31, watches quietly as three dancers pirouette with masterful precision. Abruptly, they crouch and begin ...

Creating original choreography is a complex effort that can be inspired by an overheard conversation, a movie, or more often, a piece of music. But timing is the ultimate catalyst for putting an idea ...

In bustling downtown Pacific Beach, a long, narrow flight of stairs in an alley leads up to City Ballet’s sunny, top-floor rehearsal room. It’s an expansive, industrial space, and on a mid-March ...

Pianists Hunter Noack (left) and Thomas Lauderdale will collaborate with the Oregon Ballet Theatre for its 2017-18 season opener, featuring George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." Oregon Ballet ...

Growing up in Goiania, Brazil, Boston Ballet principal dancer Paulo Arrais was surrounded by supportive women: his mother, grandmother, and aunts, plus three sisters. As a gay youth, he had a ...

One might expect a ballet created to celebrate feminine strength and resilience to fill the stage with vibrant women. But in Paulo Arrais’s “ELA, Rhapsody in Blue,” given its world premiere at the ...

Not if it was by Frederick Ashton, the Royal Ballet’s founder-choreographer. He’s been rather an undersung genius since his death, but maybe last night will tip the balance towards him again in the ...