The process of selecting the music for a ballet can be quite complex, and to a ballet-challenged person like me, confusing. Many times the music to a ballet wasn’t written for that particular ballet.

To effectively perform a piece of choreography, a dancer needs to master not only its physical aspects but also its musicality. Yet choreographers often differ in how they work with music, so an ...

“Ballon,” says The Dance Encyclopedia, is “the ability [of a dancer] to remain in the air for a length of time.” To Nijinsky, that was a simple matter: “You have just to go up and pause there a little ...

Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet has been a favorite of Russian audiences ever since it was premiered at Leningrad’s Kirov Theater in 1940. It has plenty of pageantry, a familiar, heart-wrenching ...

Philadelphia’s favorite holiday tradition is returning for its 50 th year this December. The Pennsylvania Ballet will kick off its annual performances of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” on Friday ...

The Musical Arts Center stage was alive with movement April 29-30 as Jacobs School of Music ballet students presented their choreographic projects in the final ballet performance of the season, “The ...

As rain pounds the roof of the Houston Ballet's headquarters, another kind of storm is under way in Studio D. Nine dancers jut across the room in lightning-fast steps while dynamic music plays in the ...