Jake Roxander, a virtuosic wonder at American Ballet Theater, was promoted onstage after a recent performance. The news ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Olivia Book of Ballet West is one of the first professional ballet dancers to have a limb difference. Olivia Book, who is from Grimsby, Ontario, on the shore of Lake ...

Emma Andres (pictured) is a professional ballet dancer and contemporary/classical ballet choreographer who also has experience working in the techniques of jazz, contemporary, and modern. She is ...

In the ballet world, Reece Clarke is royalty — and it seems the whole world is falling for him. The principal dancer at the Royal Ballet and Opera in London has risen quickly through the ranks. He’s ...

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 ...

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 ...