As the company prepares for its Hollywood Bowl debut, rehearsal offers an intimate portrait of the artists behind the performance.

Copeland, the retired ballerina was the first Black female principal of American Ballet Theater, curates a two-week festival ...

A trip through the archives on the Dance Division’s 75th anniversary shows how its history reflects the arc of American dance in the 20th century.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...