For centuries, composers have been inspired by the movement of the human body. From the drama and longing of the ballet to the elegance of a waltz, from a raging polka to the passion of a polonaise or ...

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 ...

While the title of Miami City Ballet’s upcoming concert, “Ballet Classics Under the Stars,” may suggest an outdoor ...

Throughout each performance, the dancers onstage will be accompanied by Jacobs School of Music’s Symphony Orchestra, conducted by professional orchestra conductor Judith Yan. The ballet is also double ...

The New Victory Theater has revealed its 2026-27 season, which will include nine productions featuring music, acrobatics, ...

Photograph from the first performance of The Nutcracker in 1892 at Mariinsky Theater. On the next Houston Symphony Broadcast, former Music Director Hans Graf leads a program of ballet music by some of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Fans emerged from pandemic lockdowns primed to hit the floor. Now online platforms are bringing fresh sounds and budding stars to bigger audiences worldwide. Fans emerged from ...

The Princeton Festival will feature opera, Broadway, ballet, family activities and a three-day American music weekend.

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.

“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 ...